BEIJING, April 28 (UPI) -- Bill Gates, writing in Beijing’s People’s Daily, made a plea for the Chinese wealthy business elite to increase its philanthropy and donate to the poor.
The Microsoft Corp. co-founder, regarded as the world’s richest person, directed his message toward one of the world’s most economically divided nations. He wrote, “Only when we help the poor break away from destitution and illness can the whole world achieve sustainable development … returns from investing in poor people are just as great as from investing in the business world.”