Interview - James Chen

James Chen’s father grew up in Qidong, Jiangsu Province, then a very rural, poor part of China. Once he had made it in business terms, he started giving back to his home village, building schools, infrastructure, hospitals and clinics. ‘The thing that really drove my interest in philanthropy,’ says Chen, ‘was the work my father did. I could see the tremendous impact it was having in his home community and I just thought it was a very wonderful family legacy.’