2010 News Releases

Shanghai – Under the title “Special Care for Baby and its Future Dream Education”, the Manulife-Sinochem 2010 Baby Campaign ended with over 10,000 entries, while more than 1.38 million internet users helped judge the results.

The campaign, which lasted two months, featured a contest in which children 0-12 years of age could draw or build their dream school using materials they find at home. Three children from Jiaxing, Deyang and Fuzhou received the “Future Dream Education Doctor Award”, while 3-year-old Zhang Jingyi from Beijing won the championship award with her eggshell-made portrait of her dream education. Zhang’s prize is a travel package worth RMB 10,000.

With its unique contest and concept of fostering parent-child interaction, the MSL 2010 Baby Campaign was welcomed by parents nationwide. More than 10,000 parents and babies from Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Guangdong, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Sichuan, Shandong, Liaoning and Fujian participated, and over 1.38 million e-users voted on the outcome. The campaign showed the Chinese babies’ enormous creative caliber.

Apart from being a professional insurance company providing strong, reliable, trustworthy and forward-thinking insurance products and services to the clients, MSL is firmly committed to social responsibility and organizes a variety of events fostering public good. MSL has held a similar Baby Campaign for 10 years to inspire the imagination, creativity and intellectual capabilities of young children. The activities also help make parents aware of educational expenses and encourage them to take early measures to provide for such financial needs.

About Manulife-Sinochem

Manulife-Sinochem is a joint venture company between Manulife (International) Limited and China Foreign Economy and Trade Trust Company (a member of the Sinochem group). It was the first Chinese-foreign joint-venture life insurance company established in China. Manulife-Sinochem began operations in November 1996. To date the Company has more than 11,000 professionally trained agents and employees, providing financial and insurance services to over 500,000 customers. The company is now developing in over 40 cities including Shanghai and Beijing, and in provinces including Guangdong, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Sichuan, Shandong, Fujian, Chongqing and Liaoning. With more than ten years’ successful experience, Manulife-Sinochem is committed to offering comprehensive insurance products combined with excellent customer service and professionalism.

Manulife-Sinochem can be found on the internet at www.manulife-sinochem.com

About Manulife Financial

Manulife Financial is a leading Canadian-based financial services group operating in 22 countries and territories worldwide. For more than 120 years, clients have looked to Manulife for strong, reliable, trustworthy and forward-thinking solutions for their most significant financial decisions.  Our international network of employees, agents and distribution partners offers financial protection and wealth management products and services to millions of clients. We provide asset management services to institutional customers worldwide as well as reinsurance solutions, specializing in life and property and casualty retrocession. Funds under management by Manulife Financial and its subsidiaries were Cdn$446 billion (US$440 billion) as at March 31, 2010. The Company operates as Manulife Financial in Canada and Asia and primarily as John Hancock in the United States. Manulife Financial Corporation trades as ‘MFC’ on the TSX, NYSE and PSE, and under ‘945’ on the SEHK. Manulife Financial can be found on the Internet at www.manulife.com.

About Sinochem

China Foreign Economy and Trade Trust Company (FOTIC) is a core enterprise of Sinochem. Sinochem is an important state-owned enterprise in China, with main focus in the sectors of agriculture, energy, chemicals, finance and real estate. It is also one of the four largest state-owned oil companies in China and the largest fertilizer provider that manufactures, distributes and markets all varieties of fertilizers. Sinochem has been listed among the Fortune Global 500 companies 19 times and ranked 170th in 2009.

Sinochem can be found on the Internet at www.sinochem.com. 

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