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MacKinnon Granted Shanghai Honorary Citizenship Award

2007-09-29 16:43 875

SHANGHAI, China, Sept. 29 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Shanghai Mayor Han Zheng today presented "Shanghai Honorary Citizenship" certificates to Simon MacKinnon, President of Corning Greater China at an award ceremony held in Shanghai.

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MacKinnon's award cited his contributions since 1985 to the development of the city of Shanghai in the areas of business, environmental protection and international exchange. He was also honored for his charity work and community service.

MacKinnon joined Corning in March 2000 and was appointed to his current position in September of the same year. Since then, Corning China has grown from 80 employees to over 3000 and Corning's investment in Greater China has increased from US$ 10 million to over US$ 3 billion. For more than 25 years, Corning has been actively participating in China's development, working with local talent and expertise to develop and apply breakthrough technologies that have significantly improved people's lives, in China and throughout the world.

MacKinnon is chairman of the China Oxford Scholarship Fund in Shanghai, honorary director of the Liverpool-Shanghai Partnership and co-founder and vice chairman of the Shanghai Urban Regeneration Foundation, a non-profit organization. He also served as chairman of the British Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai.

"Honorary Citizenship" is the top award given to foreign nationals in Shanghai. To date, 29 foreigners have been given Shanghai Honorary Citizenship since the award was initiated, with no awards made in 2006 and only one, to MacKinnon, in 2007.

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Corning Incorporated ( http://www.corning.com ) is the world leader in specialty glass and ceramics. Drawing on more than 150 years of materials science and process engineering knowledge, Corning creates and makes keystone components that enable high-technology systems for consumer electronics, mobile emissions control, telecommunications and life sciences. Our products include glass substrates for LCD televisions, computer monitors and laptops; ceramic substrates and filters for mobile emission control systems; optical fiber, cable, hardware & equipment for telecommunications networks; optical biosensors for drug discovery; and other advanced optics and specialty glass solutions for a number of industries including semiconductor, aerospace, defense, astronomy and metrology.

Source: Corning Incorporated
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