SHENZHEN, CHINA- MediaOutReach - October 29, 2019 - A poetic art space appeared in Futian Metro Station, the busiest metro station of Shenzhen, attracting the attentionof passers-by on October 23th, 2019. There are more than a dozenspecially-designed POS machines on display. People can pay one yuan for acollection of poems written by children living in rural village.

It is reported that this charity event was initiatedby China UnionPay, China Children's Charity Foundation, and Henan Children'sHope Foundation, which was widely noticed and discussed by people from allwalks of life. What's more, these magical poetry POS machines was acknowledged as"a museum of innocence in China" by some authoritative media. Thecampaign was popular for a time in   Shanghai, China three month ago. It also startedits national tour. Campaign in Xiamen few days ago was its first stop while ShenzhenCampaign was the second. All money raised at the campaign would be donated toprovide art and literature lessons for these rural children.

During this Shenzhen Campaign, China UnionPay hadupgraded these poetry POS machines to ensure that people can pass theirlove better and safer. Huawei, Vivo and OPPO, three Chinesefamous mobile phone brands, actively joined in this campaign, bringing these children'spoems to the OPPO Super Flagship Store and the Vivo Experience Center inUNIWORLD in Shenzhen and creating more opportunities for people to enjoy thecharm of poetry.

The campaign at Futian Metro Station not only attractedcitizens and foreigners in Shenzhen, Hong Kong, and Macao, but also severalfamous poets like Xie Xiangnan, Huang Canran, Yang Zhengguang, and DengYunqing, the founder of HongYun Reading, who showed up at the station and readthe poems to show their support.

At present, ChinaUnionPay mobile payment service is available in the city's bus and metro systems,40 large-scale business circles, 11,800 stores, and 180,000 taxis.   Hu Dan, assistant general manager of ChinaUnionPay Shenzhen Branch, said that UnionPay will stick to the concept of "payfor the people" and organize more activities to benefit the society.

In the future, China UnionPay poetry charity campaignwill continue to be carried out in Guangzhou, Chengdu, and Beijing, making theseeds of poetry take root in the motherland, keeping the talent of Childrenshining.