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盖茨退出微软将专注全球慈善事业
(Basic English translation below)
记者： 吴心欣
华盛顿
2008年6月27日微软公司总裁比尔.盖茨6月27号，也就是今天，退出微软的行政事务工作，全力经营盖茨慈善基金会。业界人士指出，这是美国乃至世界慈善界的福音，盖茨及其基金会无庸置疑将继续以其巨大的影响力重新塑造并改变世界慈善事业。
世界最大的软件公司微软公司的创始人盖茨早先宣布，6月27号他从微软公司退休，以便能够全力经营以他和太太名字命名的比尔及美琳达.盖茨慈善基金会。
*从微软公司急流勇退*
虽然盖茨离任后仍将担任微软公司的董事会主席，但这个消息已经对外界清楚表明，盖茨已无心在微软恋栈，他的精力将全部投入到慈善事业上。
这一消息引起关注，不仅因为他是世界软件业的龙头老大，更因为盖茨基金会是全世界规模最大、掌握慈善基金最多的基金会。盖茨于2000年创建该基金会以来，已经投入超过他资产一半以上的300亿美元，拯救了世界各地无数的生命。
美国国家公益慈善回应委员会(National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy)总裁阿伦.多尔夫曼(Aaron Dorfman)在接受采访时表示，盖茨及其基金会的规模及影响力在当今慈善事业中无人可比。
他说：“盖茨及其基金会是慈善界的超级明星，是一只重达800磅的大猩猩。他们有价值380亿美元的慈善基金和其它资产，仅07年一年中他们就捐出了30亿美元的善款，比美国第二大慈善基金会--福特基金会高出了三倍多。”
*盖茨唤起世人对慈善事业关注*
多尔夫曼总裁表示，比尔.盖茨长期以来对慈善事业的热爱和倾注的心血唤起了人们对慈善事业的巨大关注，人们不自觉地模仿他，把他作为榜样。
他说：“盖茨起到的积极影响最明显的一个是，作为全世界最富有的人，他把自己大部分财产捐给了慈善业，他为美国其他富人树立了一个良好的榜样。而且，他很聪明地重新把他的资产进行再投资，然后用到公益事业上，这真的是很伟大。”
受 盖茨影响的人无数，其中最重要的一个是08年被福布斯评为全球第一富豪的投资家沃伦.巴菲特。2006年，巴菲特宣布将在未来十年中陆续把他的450亿财 产中的大部分捐赠给盖茨基金会。除了对人们的思想和行为产生深刻影响外，盖茨及其基金会正在慢慢改变并重新塑造美国乃至世界的慈善事业。
美 国国家公益慈善回应委员会总裁阿伦.多尔夫曼说：“盖茨基金会确确实实把帮助美国和其他国家穷人和贫穷社区做为基金会首要任务，这是很多其它基金会做不到 的。我们看到很多基金会基本上是从自己的利益出发，只是为某些特定的利益团体或者为创始人自己的母校捐款。盖茨基金会的理念就是要运用有限的资源去帮助那 些最穷、最没有机会得到帮助的人。”
如何运用有限资源去尽可能多地帮助需要帮助的人，这也是比尔.盖茨07年在哈佛大学毕业典礼上对当年的毕业生们提出的问题。
盖茨基金会自成立至今，涉足多个领域，不过健康和教育一直都是基金会的重点，其中很大部分原因就是盖茨一直持有的这个理念。根据盖茨基金会在其网站上公布的数据，自2000年成立至今，基金会在全球健康问题上投入的基金达到94亿8千万，占投入的慈善基金总额的将近一半。
6月3号，北京的西城区刚刚获得了盖茨基金会提供的一笔将近1千万美元的基金，将用于未来5年时间中开展艾滋病的防治工作。
*将盖茨基金会变成伟大基金会*
当 然，盖茨基金会历年来也不断遭到各种批评。比如07年1月，基金会把大笔资金投入石油公司，这可能会给发展中国家的环境带来巨大的灾难，人们批评这和基金 会倡导的与贫穷作斗争的宗旨相违背；另外，基金会所投资的一些医药公司还曾被指控阻止向贫穷国家提供低价药品。不过尽管如此，盖茨夫妇对财富的淡泊、对慈 善事业的热衷，以及盖茨基金会对人类做出的贡献，还是广泛受到人们的赞赏和尊敬。特别是对电脑技术带来巨大改变的盖茨此次从商业界激流勇退，全身心投入慈 善事业，业界人士称这是慈善事业的福音。
美国国家公益慈善回应委员会总裁阿伦.多尔夫曼对记者说：“盖茨是一个极其聪明的人，他从微软退 休后将把100%的精力投入到慈善事业中，这将把他的慈善事业带入一个新阶段，会让他的基金会从一个很好的基金会转变成一个伟大的基金会，我相信，在未来 几年时间中，盖茨基金会一定会有更大的作为。”
据悉，盖茨全力开展慈善工作后首先将前往中国，和中国政府就艾滋病防治工作、禁止抽烟等议题展开协商。很显然，对53岁的盖茨来说，从微软退休并不是结束，这恰恰标志着他的另外一项造福人类事业的开始。
关键词：盖茨基金会，比尔.盖茨，微软，慈善
© 2008 Voice of America. All rights reserved.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2008-06-27-voa40.cfm
(Translation by Yahoo! Babel Fish)Gates will withdraw from Microsoft to concentrate on the global philanthropy
Reporter: Wu Xinxin
Washington
Voice of America
on June 27, 2008Microsoft Corporation president Bill. Gates in June 27, is also today, withdraws from Microsoft's administration work, manages the Gates Charitable foundation with all one's strength. The field public figure pointed out that this will be American and even the world charity gospel, Gates and the foundation noes need for doubt will continue to mold and to change the world philanthropy by its huge influence.
World biggest software company Microsoft Corporation's founder Gates previously announced that in June 27 he retires from Microsoft Corporation, in order to manage with all one's strength by him and Ms. name naming Bill and US Linda. Gates Charitable foundation.
* quits while ahead from Microsoft Corporation *
Although after Gates leaves a post, will still be Microsoft Corporation's board of directors president, but this news already clearly indicated to the outside, Gates has hated to leave the stable unintentionally in Microsoft, his energy will invest all into the philanthropy.
This news arouses the interest, not only, because he is the world software's industry giant, because the Gates foundation is the world scale is biggest, grasps charitable foundation most foundations. Since Gates has founded this foundation in 2000, already invested surpasses his property more than 50% 30,000,000,000 US dollars, has saved from all over the world the innumerable lives.
The American country public welfare responds the committee charitable (National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy) president Arran. Dorfman (Aaron Dorfman) indicated during the interview that Gates and foundation's scale and the influence in now in the philanthropy nobody to be possible to compare.
He said: “Gates and the foundation are the charity superstars, is one is 800 pounds gorillas. They have the value 38,000,000,000 US dollar charitable foundations and other properties, in only 07 year one year they contributed 3,000,000,000 US dollars offerings, compared to the American second big Charitable foundation--The Ford foundation has been higher than more than three times.”
* Gates arouses the common people to pay attention to the philanthropy *
President Dorfman indicated that Bill. Gates the painstaking care which and poured into to philanthropy's deep love has aroused the people since long to philanthropy's huge attention, the people not on own initiative imitated him, took the example him.
He said: “Gates gets up affects most obvious one is positively, takes the world richest person, he has donated the majority of properties the charity industry, he set up a good example for American other rich people. Moreover, he carries on again very intelligently his property invests again, then uses at the public utility, what this is really very great.”
The human who is affected Gates are innumerable, most important one is 08 years is evaluated by Forbes the global first rich and powerful people bond investor Warren. Buffett. in 2006, Buffett announced that will give Gates one after another in the next ten years in his 45,000,000,000 property's majority of donations the foundation. Besides has the profound influence to people's thought and the behavior, Gates and the foundation are changing and mold American and even the world philanthropy slowly.
The American country public welfare responds committee president Arran charitable. Dorfman said: “the Gates foundation helps truly US and other national poor person and the poor community does for the foundation most important task, this is many other foundations cannot achieve. We saw many foundations basically are embark from their benefit, is only for certain specific benefit association or for the founder own alma mater donation. Human who the Gates foundation's idea is needs to utilize the limited resources to help these to be poorest, most not to have the opportunity to obtain the help.”
How to utilize the human who the limited resources go to help many to need as far as possible to help, this is also Bill. The Gates 07 years at Harvard University graduation ceremony the question which proposed to same year's graduates.
The Gates foundation from the being established until now, steps in many domains, but the health and the education have been foundation's key points, the very major partial reasons are this idea which Gates has had. According to the Gates foundation the data which announces in its website, establishes from 2000 until now, foundation the fund which invested in the global healthy question achieves 9,480,000,000, occupied the investment the charitable foundation total amount near half.
In June 3, Beijing's Xicheng District just had obtained one which the Gates foundation provides the nearly 10,000,000 US dollars funds, will use in 5 years doing AIDS's prevention next.
* turns the Gates foundation the great foundation *
Certainly, the Gates foundation over the years also unceasingly encounters each kind of criticism. For instance 07 year in January, the foundation the great funding invested petroleum company, this will possibly give the developing country the environment to bring the huge disaster, the people will criticize this and the foundation initiate with to make struggle's objective to violate poorly; Moreover, the foundation invests some medicine company once was also accused the impediment to provide to the poor country the low price drugs. However for all this, Mr. and Mrs. Gates live simply to the wealth, to philanthropy's craving, as well as the Gates foundation the contribution which makes to the humanity, widely receives people's appreciation and the respect. Specially brings the huge change to the computer technology the Gates this commerce field turbulent current to bravely retreat, the total involvement investment philanthropy, the field public figure said that this is philanthropy's gospel.
The American country public welfare responds committee president Arran charitable. Dorfman said to reporter: “Gates is an extremely intelligent person, he retires after Microsoft 100% energy will invest into the philanthropy, this will lead his philanthropy a new stage, will let his foundation transform a great foundation from a very good foundation, I believed that in next several years, the Gates foundation certainly will have a greater achievement.”
It is reported that after Gates does the charitable work, with all one's strength first will go to China, with the Chinese government on AIDS prevention, forbids to smoke and so on subjects to launch the consultation. Very obviously, to 53 year-old Gates, retires from Microsoft is not the conclusion, this symbolizes exactly his other item benefitted the human enterprise's start.
Key word: Gates foundation, Bill. Gates, Microsoft, charitable
