Jackie speaks out

AS an actor, I have visited many countries and countless cities big and small. I have traveled from Hong Kong to Hollywood, from China to the outside world and then back to my homeland again. In one sense, I have completed a "circle." After meeting so many people and seeing so many different lifestyles, I have become increasingly aware of the importance that a healthy, eco-friendly environment plays in the lives of city residents.

There is a saying that "people who live in cities create the urban landscape." In my opinion, it is human beings that constitute cities, create a beautiful life and live it. Human beings are the cells and souls of cities. If people deserve top billing in development policies, as we have often heard, then development of our cities should be people-oriented. It is people that give cities their culture, character and creativity, turning them into landscapes that beautify our Earth.

Just like human beings, a city will grow in a healthy manner only with warm sunlight, fresh air and clean water. These are the fundamental conditions that allow urban dwellers to raise families successfully, and only by the mutual commitment of all people can development of harmonious relations exist. Through the convergence of harmonious cities across the world, the Earth would become even more lovely.

I served as an image ambassador for Beijing's bid to host the Olympic Games, and I am honored to work in a similar capacity for World Expo 2010 Shanghai China, another great international event. While the Olympic Games dealt with sports, the World Expo is business-oriented. This is not, however, merely a sort of gala. As its theme "Better City, Better Life" implies, this event is closely related to our life and its quality. This World Expo proclaims a great theme. Environmental protection has now moved to the world's center stage.

Rather than simply trumpeting the World Expo as an image ambassador, I, as a citizen of China and a compatriot of Shanghai, would just like to express the love and confidence Shanghai residents hold for their city. I want to raise public awareness of environmental protection at the grassroots level. No matter which city we live in, we share the same blue sky above us, and we also hope to leave this blue sky to our future generations. For the sake of our cities and everyone living in them, we can all contribute in our daily lives by saving water, recycling water, turning off lights we don't need, reducing dependence on air conditioners, making the best use of paper, recycling wastes, preferring public transport, rejecting food made from wild animals, and properly disposing of used batteries. When we work together to protect our cities, we are also protecting our earth.

Speaking from my own experience I'd like to tell you that we should not only trust ourselves, but also trust humanity, trust kindness, trust mercy and more importantly, trust our nation. Belief is a power that creates a beautiful life for us all.

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由于工作拍戏的缘故，我去了很多不同的国家，到过世界各地许多的城市，大大小小无法计数。从香港到好莱坞，从中国到世界，再从世界回到自己的国家，可以说，我走完了“一个圈”。见了很多不同的人，也看到他们的各色生活，就越来越觉得，一个健康、环保的城市对人们的生活多么重要。

　　所谓“人在城中，城在景中”，在我看来，构成城市的主体是人，创造美好生活的主体是人，享受美好生活的主体也是人。人，既是城市的细胞，又是城市的灵魂。如果说，国家和社会的发展要“以人为本”，城市的发展更是要“以人为本”。人，赋予了城市文化、性格和创造力，才使得城市成为地球上一道多姿的风景。所以，城市的发展也好比一个人的成长，是否能健康发育，其基本需要是有温暖的阳光、清新的空气、干净的水。只有这样，活在城市中的人，才能生气蓬勃地撑起千万个家；只有全世界的人相互支撑，人与人之间和谐相处，城与城的共融交汇，世界才会更美好。

　　现在，我从北京申奥形象大使到上海世博大使，是非常开心的。这又是一个国际盛事，奥林匹克是关于运动的，世博会是关于文明的。但这又不仅仅只是一个盛事，正如“城市，让生活更美好”，这个盛事是与我们的生活、生活的质量息息相关。这一次世博的主题很好，除了大家在比科技，最主要的是要比环保。

　　我不愿意简单地作为一个上海世博形象大使身份去讲世博的好，而是更希望以这个国家的一份子，这个城市的一份子，来传播中国人对自己城市的爱护和信心，来推广从小处环保、从自已开始环保的方式。不管住在哪个城市，我们头顶的都是同样一片蓝天，我们还希望给后代也留下一片蓝天。为了城市的呼吸，为了城市里的人呼吸，我们可以从节约每一滴水、一水多用、随手关灯、减用空调、珍惜纸张、回收垃圾、多乘公共交通、拒食野生动物、妥善处理电池等等这些身边小事做起。我们携手保护了我们的城市，也是在保护着我们的地球。　

　　同时，我仅以自己所走过的路、看过的风景来告诉大家，我们不仅要相信自己，还要相信人性，相信善良，相信慈悲，更要相信我们的国家。相信是一种力量，它将凝结成我们美好的生活。

SOURCE ENGLISH TEXT: SHANGHAIDAILY.COM

SOURCE CHINESE TEXT: EASTDAY.COM

Jackie Chan Wetland

Ok this is probably one of those coincidences of names but it is somehow very appropriate that a village named 'Jackie Chan' or more accurately [成龍] would be involved in saving the environment by creating a wetland ecological park for migratory birds.

When winter comes, migratory birds have to stay in Yunlin coastal wetlands Jackie Chan is a perfect place for birdwatching. 20 years ago, Jackie Chan village of mostly farmland, due to typhoon raging water year-round rebate, coupled with the local land subsidence serious, they formed a stretch of wetlands, migratory birds of paradise. Kouhu Township Hall is also actively developing the district, is expected to build in 2015 for "lake Wetland Ecological Park."

Jackie Chan is currently the wetlands in order to experience the area of wetlands as a priority the implementation of area, entrance area and cultural and historical explanations image Zeyi plant cultivation area for the implementation of Health focus on the rest of the hardware facilities, while others wait to experience the wetland area and vegetation conservation project is completed, follow-up development, as the case may be. Although the local government to build for, but the residents do not feel good results. Jackie Chan Village, Hsin-lin, said: "There have been heard of doing, but seems to have barely budged." Jackie Chan for the town hall is expected to be built for lake wetland Wetland Ecological Park of the program, Jackie Chan Village, LI Qiong-fang, said: "glad to see! but considered that there may be difficulties in implementing it." Kouhu Township Hall Agricultural Division, Spiro, Wu said that the program is divided into three three-year implementation of the partition plan, because a slight delay in the progress of next year, compared with can see significant results. Because of the early township planning than a lack of professional staff, can only sporadic construction and activities, but now with the concept of a tree Educational Foundation and the Chinese Culture University, Department of Landscape Architecture in cooperation, the overall plan will be more perfect. Wu Spiro said: "The future will be conservation and tourism-oriented, the COA hopes to serve as a demonstration area of wetlands."

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When winter comes, migratory birds have to stay in Yunlin coastal wetlands Jackie Chan is a perfect place for birdwatching. 20 years ago, Jackie Chan village of mostly farmland, due to typhoon raging water year-round rebate, coupled with the local land subsidence serious, they formed a stretch of wetlands, migratory birds of paradise. Kouhu Township Hall is also actively developing the district, is expected to build in 2015 for "lake Wetland Ecological Park."

Jackie Chan is currently the wetlands in order to experience the area of wetlands as a priority the implementation of area, entrance area and cultural and historical explanations image Zeyi plant cultivation area for the implementation of Health focus on the rest of the hardware facilities, while others wait to experience the wetland area and vegetation conservation project is completed, follow-up development, as the case may be. Although the local government to build for, but the residents do not feel good results. Jackie Chan Village, Hsin-lin, said: "There have been heard of doing, but seems to have barely budged." Jackie Chan for the town hall is expected to be built for lake wetland Wetland Ecological Park of the program, Jackie Chan Village, LI Qiong-fang, said: "glad to see! but considered that there may be difficulties in implementing it." Kouhu Township Hall Agricultural Division, Spiro, Wu said that the program is divided into three three-year implementation of the partition plan, because a slight delay in the progress of next year, compared with can see significant results. Because of the early township planning than a lack of professional staff, can only sporadic construction and activities, but now with the concept of a tree Educational Foundation and the Chinese Culture University, Department of Landscape Architecture in cooperation, the overall plan will be more perfect. Wu Spiro said: "The future will be conservation and tourism-oriented, the COA hopes to serve as a demonstration area of wetlands."

While still at the first phase, but the township administration, said protection of wetland is always done. Not only the establishment of warning signs, but also regularly sent checks to prohibit fishing. Wu Spiro pointed out that the township can not be 24 hours stuck there. So residents of spontaneous composition of community patrol teams together to protect this stretch of wetlands, and the township just happens to coincide with the current concept, first to raise the residents of the identity, so that villagers can actively participate, rather than concentrating to do township , hope and local residents together for the development of wetlands to Jackie Chan.

"Here are originally farmland, but the water after the typhoon passed on never retire." Qiong-Fang Li said. Jackie Chan's Village 20 years ago, mostly agricultural lands, due to local low-lying and many years of pumping groundwater, land subsidence is a serious, coupled with Typhoon Wayne in 1986 and the 1996 Typhoon Herb struck, resulting in seawater intrusion, water year round reclaim will gradually form a wetland. Some residents of wetland was converted into fish ponds or to adopt a seaweed, while others are allowed to be deserted, until the Council of Agriculture plans to build rental and lake wetland park, if the situation improved. The formation of a similar swamp wetland environment attracts many bird habitats. Residents also said that the emergence of wetlands, birds become more observers sometimes see the birds come here to observe and record in particular.

In addition to the green grass and sparkling water, more habitat for numerous migratory birds in the Jackie Chan's wetlands, such as the black-faced spoonbill, black stork, mandarin ducks, Ze Buzzard, Painted Snipe, small tern, red-tailed shrike and other protected species , there are long resident of this little egret. After the formation of wetlands where migratory birds has become a paradise, but also give birdwatchers and bird watchers are flocking. Jackie Chan's wetlands is not just bird-watching paradise, but also brings a wealth of local ecological resources. View Tree Education Foundation, which co-organized with the Jackie Chan Primary "Jackie Chan's wetlands detective agency," the summer vacation with the children care for Jackie Chan, wetland ecology and development, and distribution of "small detective special report," to fully integrate the local ecological combination of resources and education and lead a child to experience the natural ecology of the wetlands, Jackie Chan, the United States, also hope to increase people's sense of identity of the land, to jointly boost local development.

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Postscript: After searching every-which-way for some variation of chenglong/chenlong/singlong in Taiwan I have to admit defeat. There is a Singlong Village with a wetland park nearby but it is in a different county - can you believe it? Perhaps it is the same place after all? Because what are the odds on two places in Taiwan called 'Singlong' with a wetland park? But here is the link ... see what you think... 360.CITIES.NET WETLAND PARK and 360.CITIES.NET SINGLONG VILLAGE REFERENCE

Jackie Chan intends to attend the opening ceremony of Green Forum

According to reporters from the second session of the Organizing Committee of the China Green Development Forum acknowledged that the international well-known philanthropist, Vice Chairman of China Film Association Jackie Chan intends to attend the November 13 this year in Beijing Great Hall of the opening of the second session of the China Green Development Forum. Up to now, in China Green News and Sohu, China launched the green channel nomination List Top Ten Green NEWSMAKER-line public voting campaign, supported by the high rate of Jackie Chan has maintained the first position. From the November 13 awards ceremony there are 10 days time, Jackie Chan, could end up China's top ten green and newsmakers have no suspense, because Chan was already in people's minds as "green people". Jackie Chan has always been very concerned about the green Green Forum newsmaker selection activities, he was also named a finalist for last year's first Top 30 China Top Ten Green headlines.

In order to pay back the community Jackie Chan in 1988 established a charitable foundation named after himself to help poor children, the disabled, the elderly, and those in the field of science and the arts rather pursue students. Over the years, whether it is making a donation, or endorsement charities, from Hong Kong to the Mainland, from Asia to Africa, can see the Jackie Chan's shadow. With Jackie Chan's expansion of influence in the world, Jackie Chan's charity towards the world began, and now, Jackie Chan in nearly 30 countries, more than 50 cities have done a hundreds of good things. In recent years, Jackie Chan has gradually plunge into a series of public events to go, and mainly concentrated in the environment, health, natural disasters, charity student, the Olympic Games and other projects. Jackie Chan and former Beatles member Paul McCartney, U2 band members Bono, etc. along with Forbes magazine's "world's top ten charitable celebrities." Jackie Chan for the artists expressed their views on the responsibility, public charities have a starting point, but there is no end, we should always do so until it can not do so far. Environmental protection is everyone's responsibility and obligation to, artists are public figures, artists of the words and deeds have on society a wide range of effects, and therefore must shoulder certain social responsibilities, publicity of environmental protection, promoting green living, art that people can not shirk of social responsibility. Artists should take advantage of every opportunity to promote environmental protection, and set an example for environmental protection as something practical.

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