CHINA-INTERNAL: SOCIAL DISCIPLINE
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China Daily, quoting Beijing Youth Daily, reported on June 15, 2015, that more than 70 offspring of billionaires in East China's Fujian province were educated at a training session to raise their awareness of social responsibility and patriotism. The students -- all so-called fuerdai, or second generation of the nouveau riche -- who were of the average age of 27, were taught traditional Chinese culture, social responsibility and business knowledge. The session had strict discipline with those arriving late or leaving early being fined 1,000 yuan (around $160). You Xiaoming, session leader and a government official of Xiamen city in Fujian province, said the event which had been started in 2013, had been well received by entrepreneurs. He said "Many entrepreneurs wanted to send all their grown-up kids to the session, but we could only admit one from each enterprise." T
The training came after Chinese President Xi Jinping, at a working conference of the United Front Work Department (UFWD) last month, called for more efforts to "guide the younger generation of private enterprise owners to think where their money comes from and live a positive life".
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