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Sophie Chang
張淑芬
Chang in 2014
Born1944 (age 79–80)
Occupation(s)Philanthropist, author and painter
Known forChairperson of TSMC Charity Foundation

Sophie Chang is a Taiwanese philanthropist, author and painter. She is chairperson of the TSMC Charity Foundation, chairperson of the Weiyi Social Welfare Charity Foundation, director of the Dunan Foundation and director of the Modern Women’s Foundation.[1] Chang met with the Dalai Lama in 2007, and has shaped her work according to his teachings.[2]

Philanthropy

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Chang is the chairperson of the TSMC Charity Foundation. She has been the president of the TSMC Volunteer Society since 2009.[3]

Chang has personally responded to natural disasters and emergencies through her role with TSMC,[3][4][5] leading the foundation and TSMC employee volunteers[2] in the support of underserved women, children,[6] and seniors[7][3] as well as education and environmental protection.[8] Her work also focuses on energy conservation and technical and vocational education.[9][10]

Chang created the public welfare platform "Sending Love" to promote social responsibility and encourage other companies to get involved in philanthropy,[11] as well as the "Network of Compassion" platform which connects more than 7,000 volunteers, hospitals and health services to provide medical care for low-income, isolated seniors. The network also garnered government involvement in promoting rural education in elementary and junior high schools.[12]

Chang works to promote filial piety and cooperates with the local government and the Ministry of Education to integrate the spirit of filial piety into students' lives.[13] She successfully included the subject and materials into the Ministry of Education's syllabus, created the national filial piety education workshop with the Ministry of Education's National Education Department as well as the National Filial Piety Resource Center alongside the National Education Administration.[14] In 2019, she held the first National High School Filial Piety Education Microfilm Competition.[12]

Chang's work also focuses on bolstering technological and vocational education in rural communities,[15][16][17] and encourages student participation and self-confidence with leadership activities and skill-building such as cycling, mountain climbing and drumming as part of a collaboration with the After School Association of Taiwan.[18][19] Chang has collaborated with the Boyou Foundation, which aims to narrow the educational gap between students in urban and rural areas, and her work is supported by Lai Qingde, former mayor of Tainan.[17]

In 2012, Chang led TSMC's establishment of a new tea plant in the mountains of central Taiwan as part of an effort to help Alishan’s indigenous people rebuild the region following Typhoon Morakot in 2009.[20] In 2014, Chang led an on-site relief team in Kaohsiung following the gas explosions.[21] In 2018, Chang visited the site of the 6.0 earthquake in Hualien County to comfort the victims and arranged to bring 700 members of TSMC staff to the area to promote tourism, and later planned eight more trips to revitalize the area.[22] In 2021, she created and ran a campaign through TSMC to provide COVID-19 relief to India's hospitals,[23] and to set up contactless testing stations throughout Taiwan.[24] Also in 2021, she initiated a donation of 1,200 uniforms to firefighters who responded to the Taroko Express train derailment as part of an allocation by the TSMC foundation to help improve firefighters' equipment across the country.[4]

Chang also serves as a public speaker, and gave the keynote speech at the 2020 International Women's Day Forum.[25] In April 2021, she held a press conference at the Far Eastern International Hotel in Taipei to discuss TSMC's charitable accomplishments and to encourage other enterprises to pursue philanthropy and volunteerism.[26]

Writing and painting

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Chang is an author and painter. She began painting with traditional ink, but transitioned to oil paints in 2019.[2] Her written works include "Guide the Way",[27] "My Growth"[28] and "Progress on the Easel".[29] In 2017, her painting "Spring Morning Dawn" was sold by Ravenel International Art Group for more than NT$4.5 million,[30] and in 2018 her painting "Samantabhadra" was sold for NT$4.5 million.[31] In 2019, Chang was invited to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leadership Summit with her husband, Morris Chang, and the pair gifted the heads of state with several of Sophie's paintings.[32] Also in 2019, her painting "Earth Mountain Lan" was donated to a charity sale at Christie's Hong Kong spring auction and sold for NT$4.93 million.[32] In 2020, her oil painting "The Source of Hope" was sold for over NT$8.7 million, with proceeds donated to the Department of Disease Control of the Ministry of Health and Welfare of Taiwan.[33] Also in 2020, Chang held her first solo exhibition "Love. Endless" at the Tainan Art Museum featuring 15 paintings.[34]

Recognition

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Chang was named one of the 50 most influential Asian philanthropists by Tatler Hong Kong in 2018,[3] and won the 14th Compassion Award with five others in 2019.[35]

Personal life

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Sophie is married to TSMC founder Morris Chang.[36][37][38]

References

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  1. ^ Tatler, Hong Kong. "50 Philanthropists In Asia Who Are Changing The World". Tatler Asia.
  2. ^ a b c "「達賴喇嘛教我慈悲智慧。」張淑芬與台積電的公益之路：充實你生命的並不是付出，而是感恩". VidaOrange 生活報橘. 2020-07-13.
  3. ^ a b c d Taiwan, Tatler. "封面人物張淑芬，慈善之路提燈前行：「作畫、做人、做慈善都是不斷學，然後發現自己可以做得更多。」". Tatler Asia (in Traditional Chinese).
  4. ^ a b "TSMC charity to donate uniforms to firefighters in Taroko train rescue - Focus Taiwan". focustaiwan.tw (in Chinese).
  5. ^ Chiang, Cathy. "NO.109《TAIWAN TATLER》張淑芬：心中有愛". Tatler Asia.
  6. ^ "張淑芬的公益進行式 - 財訊雙週刊". 財訊- 掌握趨勢 投資未來 | 最懂投資的財經媒體 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 2017-04-29.
  7. ^ 自由時報電子報 (2017-07-26). "教育部要學校推動孝道 台積電董娘感動到想哭 - 生活". 自由時報電子報 (in Chinese).
  8. ^ 林鳳琪 (2018-01-31). "張淑芬不只捐錢 更做政府做不到的慈善工程 - 今周刊". www.businesstoday.com.tw (in Chinese).
  9. ^ "台積電延伸偏鄉技職 張淑芬親走訪". 新浪新聞中心. 2021-05-02.
  10. ^ 聯合新聞網. "台積電送愛偏鄉 深耕技職教育 | 聯合新聞網：最懂你的新聞網站". 聯合新聞網 (in Chinese).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. ^ "把愛送出去". 把愛送出去.
  12. ^ a b 精選書摘 (2020-04-27). "《引路》：讓獨居老人不再是孤島，「愛互聯」串聯北中南東的醫療照護資源". The News Lens 關鍵評論網 (in Chinese).
  13. ^ "推廣孝道 張淑芬：從學校自幼扎根 ｜ 蘋果新聞網 ｜ 蘋果日報". 蘋果新聞網 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 2019-10-20.
  14. ^ Huang, Tracy. "台積電慈善基金會董事長張淑芬從源頭播種，落實孝道教育，以愛迎接高齡社會". Tatler Asia.
  15. ^ 遠見天下文化出版股份有限公司. "送「1號課堂」到偏鄉！張淑芬：遠距進修有助教學創新 | 羅之盈 | 遠見雜誌". 遠見雜誌 - 前進的動力.
  16. ^ NEWSIEI.COM. "張淑芬再度出手援助偏鄉孩童，加入「偏鄉技職教育」的公益計劃，讓孩子們能學一技之長，霸氣喊：我們會用跑的到你身邊". NEWSIEI.COM.
  17. ^ a b "張淑芬 | 臺灣人民報". www.peponews.tw.
  18. ^ 聯合新聞網. "偏鄉教育三支箭 張淑芬公益引路的十年一刻". 倡議家 (in Chinese).
  19. ^ "張淑芬不只捐錢 更做政府做不到的慈善工程 - 幸福熟齡". thebetteraging.businesstoday.com.tw (in Chinese). 2018-02-01.
  20. ^ Post, The China (2012-04-08). "No. 1 chip-maker unveils tea factory in central Taiwan". The China Post, Taiwan.
  21. ^ News, Taiwan. "TSMC, I-Mei exchange ideas on CSR | Taiwan News | 2015-06-03 00:00:00". Taiwan News. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  22. ^ News, Taiwan. "Wife of TSMC founder takes 700 staff to quake-struck Taiwan region | Taiwan News | 2018-03-24 15:37:17". Taiwan News. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  23. ^ News, Taiwan. "Taiwan's TSMC launches employee donation drive to support India | Taiwan News | 2021-05-07 12:12:00". Taiwan News. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  24. ^ News, Taiwan. "TSMC to donate 'contactless' COVID testing stations across Taiwan | Taiwan News | 2021-05-23 16:44:00". Taiwan News. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  25. ^ 中時新聞網. "張淑芬：婦女的細心 社會公益發光的力量 - 財經". 中時新聞網 (in Chinese).
  26. ^ 經濟日報. "影／台積電公益推手 張淑芬為偏鄉不遺餘力 | 產業熱點 | 產業". 經濟日報 (in Chinese).
  27. ^ Chang, Camille. "張忠謀現身力挺張淑芬新書《引路》，不忘叮嚀老婆「早點回家吃飯」". Tatler Asia.
  28. ^ 遠見天下文化出版股份有限公司. "我的成長－真心 | 張淑芬 | 遠見雜誌". 遠見雜誌 - 前進的動力.
  29. ^ "《畫架上的進行式》張淑芬的心念美學". www.bookzone.com.tw.
  30. ^ "張淑芬《春晨曙光》 羅芙奧2017秋季拍賣會 編號359". web.archive.org. 2018-03-04.
  31. ^ "張淑芬 | 普賢菩薩".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  32. ^ a b Huang, Tracy. "張淑芬用藝術做外交，APEC的元首禮物將以她的畫作特製禮品". Tatler Asia.
  33. ^ 自由時報電子報 (2020-07-10). "收益全捐衛福部！張淑芬《希望之源》畫作878萬落槌 - 政治". 自由時報電子報 (in Chinese).
  34. ^ Tsai, Lulu. "張淑芬首個展《愛．無盡》台南市美術館登場！從慈善家到藝術家 張淑芬用畫筆讓愛流轉世間無盡". Tatler Asia (in Traditional Chinese).
  35. ^ 顾馨. "Compassion Award honors six leaders in charity". www.chinadaily.com.cn.
  36. ^ "第26屆APEC在巴紐 張忠謀領袖代表夫人張淑芬女士與媒體茶敘分享行前相關準備情形與心情". www.president.gov.tw (in Chinese (Taiwan)).
  37. ^ "MIT to name signature building on the Charles River in honor of Morris and Sophie Chang". MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
  38. ^ "張忠謀譜浪漫黃昏戀 古稀之年迎娶張淑芬 ｜ 蘋果新聞網 ｜ 蘋果日報". 蘋果新聞網 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 2017-10-02.
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