On September 5 of 2007, the Company, together with Nanjing Municipal Party Propaganda Department, the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany in Shanghai, Nanjing University, Siemens Limited(China) and Bosch-Siemens Home Appliances Sales Company Limited in Jiangsu, signed an agreement on the establishment of Development Fund for John Rabe House. According to the agreement, the Company will donate RMB 100,000 per year to the fund for the next five years. The money will be spent on the expansion of the cultural and service functions of the house, international cultural communications and cooperation and daily operation costs.

Dr. Blumenberg, President of the Company, said in the signing ceremony:" As the biggest Sino-German joint venture in chemical industry, we feel obliged to make our contributions to the fund. We hope people can learn history and lessons from the house and devote themselves to the world peace and progress of human civilization."

Mr. Zhang Taolin, Jiangsu Vice Governor, Ms. Xu Huiling, Nanjing Vice Mayor, Dr. Chen Jun, President of Nanjing University, Dr. Kreutzberger, Deputy Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany in Shanghai, and representatives of Siemens Limited(China) and Bosch-Siemens Home Appliances Sales Company Limited in Jiangsu, also attended the signing ceremony.

John Rabe House

No.1 Xiaofenqiao, Guangzhou Road, Nanjing was where Mr. John Rabe, representative of the German Siemens China Co. in Nanjing, resided from 1932 to 1938. Since Nanjing fell into the hands of the Japanese troops, this house became one of the 25 refugee camps in the Nanjing Safety Zone. Of the 250,000 refugees who flooded into the Zone to seek shelter, over 600 had been protected by this single house from Japanese persecution. Witnessing the atrocities around him, Mr. Rabe reported them in his daily writings which later became known as "Diaries of John Rabe."