July 2nd, 2009, Giti Tire (China) Investment Co., Ltd., together with China Disabled Person's Foundation (CDPF) launched the "Gift of Sight/New Vision" Charity Program in Huanggang city, to provide impoverished cataract patients with free vision rehabilitation operations and gain a new lease of life. This program intends to provide free cataract operations to 1000 patients in China starting with Huang Gang City in Hubei Province.

Cataract, with a high incidence rate amongst the poor, could cause blindness in serious cases. Fortunately, such blindness can be prevented with surgery to replant a pair of intraocular lens that could last 50 years. However, many thousands of cataract sufferers are far too poor and simply cannot afford the medical/surgery expenses and as a result, forced to go blind. CDPF, with its experience and commitment to resolve social handicap, has been working hard to implement the Gift of Sight Program by raising funds from various communities and corporate sectors to provide impoverished cataract sufferers with FREE rehabilitation operations and grant them a "New Vision" thus a new lease of life. Giti has long been involved in Corporate Social Responsibility Programs that include: * Donations to Conservation International to bring about environmental protection programs to southwestern China. * Became the first "Non-Carbon Manufacturing" tire corporation in the world; * Offered support and assistance to help rebuild the damages suffered as a result of the 2004 Indonesia Tsunami. * Donated to the WenChuan earthquake relief fund. The Executive Chairman of Giti , Mr. Enki Tan, said that Giti?will continue to support environmental conservation and charity programs. "The donation of RMB 1 million to the CDPF's Gift of Sight/New Vision program is just a start and we hope that it will move our business associates, dealers and employees, and perhaps the society at large, to be involved and bring about brighter future to many more cataract sufferers through China".