---- Radfahrer fahren an eine Werbung für Chinesische Elektronikfachhändler Suning Holdings Group mit Schauspielerin Jiang Shuying auf einer Bushaltestelle in Sein
--FILE--Cyclists ride past an advertisement for Chinese electronics retailer Suning Holdings Group featuring actress Jiang Shuying on a bus stop in Beijing, China, 17 December 2018. Chinese electronics retailer Suning Holdings Group announced Wednesday (26 December 2018) its new charity strategy highlighting poverty relief. Zhang Jindong, chairman of Suning, said the company's e-commerce poverty relief project will offer training courses online and offline and set up retail shops to benefit more than 6, 000 poor people in 2019. "Our e-commerce training project has already taken roots in 100 poverty-stricken counties, creating 3, 500 job opportunities, " Zhang said. Meanwhile, Suning will set up 500 smart retail shops next year in 300 Chinese universities, offering more than 3, 000 part-time jobs for poor college students. In 2018, the company invested around 500 million yuan (around 73 million U.S. dollars) into poverty-relief projects. Statistics showed Suning had hired more than 68, 000 new employees in 2018. It plans to open 15, 000 new shops and create over 80, 000 jobs in 2019. The company also announced it would launch a program to support youth football education. It will help at least ten schools to train 100 PE teachers and foster 100 young potential football players in the following years. Suning ranked the second, following the telecom equipment giant Huawei, on the latest list of top 500 private enterprises in China, which was unveiled in August. Its subsidiary Suning.com was listed on 2018 Fortune Global 500.