Tycoon's 'World philanthropist' title questioned  

陈光标称“世界首善”证书系被骗：花3万美元赞助

6月25日，陈光标在纽约中央公园船屋(Boathouse)免费宴请美国流浪汉。午宴现场，中国全球合作基金会(China Foundation for Global Partnership (CFGP))主席唐纳修(Patrick Donohue)向陈光标颁发证书，授予其“世界首善”的荣誉称号。7月7日深夜， 联合国官方微博回应：“嗯，科普一下，‘联合国’的英文名称应该是‘United Nations’，而不是‘United Nation’。”由此拆穿了“世界首善”证书为假，陈光标也开始察觉到不对劲：“我的‘世界首善’称号应该是被骗了。” [查看全文]

(ECNS) – Chinese tycoon and philanthropist Chen Guangbiao claimed he had been awarded the title of "World's Most Prominent Philanthropist" by a UN organization, which was questioned as being fake, the Southern Urban Daily reported.

According to Chen, he received an award from the president of the China Foundation for Global Partnership (CFGP), which was in support of the UN, on June 25, when he hosted a charity luncheon for poor and destitute Americans in New York City. The certificate reads, "Award to China's Moral Role Model and Number One Philanthropist Model Mr. Chen Guangbiao with the honorary title of 'Global Peace and Goodwill Ambassador and World's Most Prominent Philanthropist'."

However, on the certificate, the UN was spelled "United Nation" rather than "United Nations". And Chinese media and netizens didn't find any clue to connect the foundation to the UN.

The evidence led the public to question the authenticity of the award. Some netizens even said the award was created by Chen himself.

In an exclusive interview with The Paper (www.thepaper.cn), Chen said a woman named Zhou Lulu told him that CFGP could issue the award to him, and under Zhou's proposal, he donated $30,000 to the foundation.

"I might have been cheated," Chen added.