Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, people have reduced their activities outside of their home, but the number of hospital patients in need of blood has not decreased and the blood banks around Taiwan are now running low. Gary Wang, president of Eastern Group, has long been dedicated to philanthropy and caring for the underprivileged and disadvantaged groups. On August 3, from 10:00 to 16:30, the “Eastern Donates Blood to Show Love” public welfare event will be taking place for a total of 6.5 hours. Eastern Group colleagues and Village Chiefs Shi Yi-nan, Chen Bing-nan, and You Jin-hsing (of Xiuming Village, Xiushui Village, and Jingping Village, Yonghe District, New Taipei City respectively), as well as the residents will be invited to participate in the blood drive and share their love across the community. According to the latest announcement of the “Taiwan Blood Services Foundation”, the blood supplies of type A, B, O, and AB in Taipei and Kaohsiung are running low. Hsinchu, in particular, has a shortage of type AB blood, with less than four days of supply in their inventory. Taichung has a low stock of blood types A and O, while Tainan has a low stock of blood types A and B. According to the Taipei Blood Center, statistics show that in the past five months, the number of days with less than five days’ supply of blood has reached 48, which is the worst situation they have seen in five years. The center is asking members of the public to roll up their sleeves and donate blood to help those in need.

“The best service is when customers can feel the warmth”. The list of corporate award recipients of the annual “Best Service in Taiwan” appraisal event has been announced, and ETMall’s high-quality service and brand trustworthiness have once again been recognized as we won the Large Online Shopping Platform Gold Medal Award for the fourth consecutive year. At the award presentation ceremony held at Grand Hyatt Taipei on the 28th, Chairman Gary Wang of ETMall attended in person . In addition to thanking the judges for their affirmation, Gary Wang stated that “we are focused on the rights of the consumers, we will not forget our original goal and will continue to accompany the consumers happily into the future.”

At the 17th National Brand Yushan Award, Eastern Group’s “ETtoday” won the “Outstanding Enterprise” and “Most Popular Brand” awards, while “Eastern Natural Beauty” won the “Outstanding Enterprise” award, and the Eastern Natural Beauty product, “Probiotics for Intensive Care”, won the “Best Product Award”. By winning these national-level awards, Eastern Group has proved its strong corporate strength.

With decades of experience in the entertainment industry, the drama icon and diva Chou Yo, known to her fans lovingly as “Auntie”, has officially announced this month that she will be joining the “Platinum Star” team under the Elite Eagle System promoted by Eastern Global New Network Marketing (Eckare) consultants Lin Guan-wei and Ye Wei-lin. She also led a number of celebrities to meet President Gary Wang of the Eastern Group and the two immediately established a rapport. As they share a common interest in philanthropy and helping others, they reached a consensus on the importance of making money through sharing. “Auntie” said that she herself enjoys using ETMall and will continue to invite people around her who are capable and have a passion to serve others to join Eckare.

ETMall, a subsidiary of Eastern Media International Corporation (2614), reported good performance for June, with a monthly revenue of NT$1.69 billion and an annual growth rate of 21.5%. In the first half of the year, due to the impact of the macro environment, the change in people’s consumption habits, and the rising popularity of a stay-at-home economy, the number of valid orders on ETMall from January to June exceeded 6.42 million, a 13% growth compared to last year, and the accumulated turnover reached NT$10.1 billion, representing an annual growth rate of 18%. Revenue from food and health supplements has grown the most, with health supplement revenue increasing by 35% and food revenue growing by 30%. According to Gary Wang, president of Eastern Group, the post-pandemic era is approaching, and ETMall will also leverage the Group’s resources to strengthen online and offline integration to build the Eastern ecosystem. In terms of products, it will focus on product differentiation strategies and will form alliances with well-known brands such as A-Yi Abalone, Hoyii Group, Evergreen Sky Catering Corporation, Regent Hotel Group, and Din Tai Fung to provide even more and better products and services to all members and move towards the global market.

The “Breakfasts Made of Love” initiative by Eastern Charity Foundation has now entered its 14th year, and has accompanied children in the remote rural communities of Daxi District, Taoyuan, Fuli Township, Hualien, and Jhuci Township, Chiayi. President Gary Wang of the Eastern Group has long been involved in public welfare activities to provide love and care, as a result, he is also known to the children in these rural communities as “Papa Eastern”. Today (6/16), President Gary Wang, along with father and daughter spokespersons Jacky Wu and Sandy Wu, went to Dongzhu Elementary School in Fuli, Hualien to make the “Breakfasts Made of Love” for the children from the Hakka communities, warming the children’s hearts with a delicious meal and beautiful singing. Eastern continues to show its love by helping those in need, sparing no effort to care for the community. On the same day, President Gary Wang also donated NT$300,000 to the Fuli Township Indigenous Women’s Social Welfare Organization and provided extra food to the senior Indigenous community members’ Dragon Boat Festival celebration. Eastern provides help to those in need through practical actions. President Gary Wang said: Eastern has been promoting the “Breakfasts Made of Love” program for many years and has received widespread positive response from the public. Eastern will continue to call on its members to continue to show their love and help the children in Taiwan’s rural areas, sending their love and care to every corner of the country.

The second Taichung Shopping Festival will be held in July, and ETMall was the first to respond to the Taichung City Government today (6/12) by selling the “Taichung Agricultural Product Gift Pack”, which includes a selection of eight popular products from three major farmers’ associations, namely Wuqi, Longjing, and Xinshe. Lu Shiow-Yen, mayor of Taichung City, also joined the ETMall infomercial in person and became a shopping expert for the day, promoting the top local agricultural products of Taichung together with the directors of the three farmer’s associations. In response to the shopping festival, Chairman Gary Wang of ETMall and Mayor Lu Shiow-Yen have joined hands to help stimulate the economy of Taiwan. Gary Wang announced that there would be an additional 20% ET coin reward, encouraging all members to spend and save the economy, as well as enjoy the healthy and tasty high-quality local produce of Taichung. ETMall’s “Taichung Agricultural Product Gift Pack” included eight carefully selected agricultural products, and each set was available for the special ETMall price of NT$950. These gift packs were wildly popular as they offered a wide selection of products and were great value for money. A large number of orders poured in as soon as the sale opened, and 1,000 sets were sold in 40 minutes. This served as a testament to EHS Select’s outstanding results and good reputation when it comes to the selection of high-quality produce.

ET Group is the leader of Chinese retail and media in Taiwan. Its subsidiaries: ETMall.com.tw, the first brand of TV shopping in Taiwan, and the largest scale of TV shopping in Taiwan; ETtoday.net, daily traffic of 17 million and 25.63 million fans; Strawberrynet.com, global beauty The first brand of cross-border ecommerce; QT Entertainment, large-scale variety show production + short video production; ETipets.com, the largest offline channel for pets in Taiwan; nblife.com.tw Natural Beauty, ranking 9th in the world, Taiwan’s first beauty spa brand; focusmedia.com.tw Focus Media, Taiwan’s largest offline building and MRT advertising; Eastern Global Network Marketing, global new chain, global social e-commerce. ET Group provides better salary than the international market, and will provide excellent performance bonuses depending on performance. Welcome domestic and foreign elites to join ET Group.

According to statistics, there were more than 3.6 million people over the age of 65 in Taiwan in 2019, accounting for 15.28% of the total population, which means Taiwan will become a “super-aged society” by 2026. Eastern Group has long been involved in public welfare activities and provides care to the underprivileged. In view of the increasing demand for long-term care for senior citizens, Eastern Group fulfilled its corporate responsibility of “taking from society and giving back to society”, and held the “Eastern Shows Love, Provides Accessible Care” donation ceremony today (10th). President Gary Wang donated the thoughtful gift of two long-term care vehicles to the Taipei City Government to provide senior citizens with a more convenient transport option when traveling to and from hospitals and clinics. President Gary Wang said that Eastern will continue to provide care and assist the city government and the Department of Social Welfare in promoting long-term care services and create a new lifestyle for the elderly together.

Eastern Global New Network Marketing was not affected by the pandemic in the first half of the year and grew in the face of market trends. Today (June 10th), a celebration banquet for “Exceeding NT$100 Million in One Month” was held at the Sheraton Grand Taipei Hotel, Hall B2, to celebrate the May monthly sales performance exceeding NT$100 million. Gary Wang, president of Eastern Group, led a group of board members and advisors to invite 10 leaders who achieved incomes of over NT$1 million or even NT$10 million, as well as 37 top distributors to attend the banquet. The Chairman and the Secretary General of the Taiwan R.O.C. Direct Selling Association (DSA) also joined in the event to give their congratulations. Gary Wang said: “In 2018, nobody thought it was going to work out and they found the goals unbelievable. How would it even be possible? But Eastern proved that nothing is impossible through our amazing strength!”