[Date of message: 2016-10-11]
On the morning of October 10, Ms. Elaine Chao, former Minister of Labor of the United States and her farther Dr. James Chao and their team visited Yiren Kindergarten in Malu. Zhang Jinsong, member of the standing committee of CPC Jiading Committee and director of the united front work department, Shen Qiqi, deputy head of Foreign Division of Shanghai Municipal Overseas Chinese Office, Yang Hailong, deputy director of the united front work department of the District, Wang Xiaoyan, CPC committee secretary of the Education Bureau of Jiading District, Yao Wei, director of the Education Bureau of the District, Xiao Wei, mayor of Malu Town, and Qin Gaorong, chairman of Jiading District committee of Zhigong Party accompanied them in the visit, and all teachers and children of Yiren Kindergarten warmly welcomed the distinguished guests.
James Chao and Elaine Chao and their team visited Yiren Memorial Hall, recalled their past memories and the merit of Mr. Chao Yiren, the father of Dr. James Chao collecting funds to run school. Then they enjoyed the performance by children of the top class on Di Zi Gui, and shook hands amiably with children and teachers.
In Lily Magnolia Garden, James Chao touched the lily magnolia tree he planted the previous year, and expression his emotion on the modern and comfortable hardware and outdoor environment of the kindergarten. In Urolen Blue House, Elaine Chao and James Chao had amiable talks with the guests present. Elaine Chao shared with all present the scene of her participating in the foundation laying ceremony for Yiren Kindergarten together with her father Mr. James Chao and mother Zhu Mulan more than 20 years ago, and expressed her delightedness on the change and development of education in her home town in the past 21 years.
Yiren Kindergarten in Malu was built by James Chao with donation of capital in memory of his late father to rejuvenate the education in his home town in Jiading of Shanghai in 1995. In 2015, Elaine Chao and her farther James Chao and younger sister Angela Chao came back to Malu Town, to present at the ceremony for the 20th anniversary of naming Yiren Kindergarten, and unveiled the sculptures of her ancestor Chao Yiren and father James Chao. James Chao said that Jiading is his birthplace and also his root, and he hoped that the education in the hometown will be run better, so that more children can receive the best education.