Samsung to invest $22m in rural initiatives

South Korean technology giant Samsung Electronics Co Ltd will invest 150 million yuan ($22.5 million) in poverty alleviation, education and helping people with disabilities in rural areas of China.

In the next three years, Samsung said it will help build 10 tourism demonstration villages and agricultural production bases, as well as expand and rebuild 15 rural primary schools in Gansu province.

It will also pay for surgical operations for 5,000 children with congenital visual impairments in the Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture of Sichuan province, Nujiang Lisu autonomous prefecture in Yunnan province and Linxia Hui autonomous prefecture in Gansu province.