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Peng Hong Ling, better known by his alias Genlin, was born in Shanghai, China. He is of Japanese nationality and is also known by his Japanese name Horiike Hiroshi. He is an entrepreneur, philanthropist, painter, and an activist for animal rights for dogs and cats. He is named as an Outstanding Alumnui of Shanghai University and had also been a Honorary Board Member of the first and second terms to the Council ofShanghai University. He is also the founder of the World Dog Alliance.

Life

After graduating from the International Business School of Shanghai University, Genlin worked in the Nissho Iwai Corporation in Tokyo, Japan. He then founded Large Horse International (Group) Company Limited and Gree Air Conditioner (International) Company Limited in Hong Kong.

Genlin is committed to doing charitable work and promoting public welfare. He once promised that "90% of my personal property will be used for philanthropy, and 10% will be used for my family." He has made various donations to build schools, libraries and gymnasiums. He has also established a number of scholarships. In 1995, he founded the Peng Xin Chao Foundation in the name of his father in Guizhou, utilising the monies in the foundation to establish primary schools, middle schools, and libraries. He also founded the Genlin Foundation for the object of assisting the students of Shanghai University. Since 2007, the Genlin Foundation has set up the "Shanghai University Genlin Sports Elite Award Fund", the "Shanghai University Genlin Art Elite Award Fund" and the "Shanghai University Foreign Language School Genlin Education Fund". The foundation has also donated the Genlin Tennis Hall and donated to conserve other historical buildings on the Shanghai University campus.

Genlin is named as an Outstanding Alumni of Shanghai University and have also been a Honorary Board Member of the first and second terms to the Council of Shanghai University. He was also invited by Shanghai University to teach as a visiting professor in the Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts.

Genlin's earlier paintings focused on abstractionism. His more recent oil paintings, in line with his activism for animal rights, mainly featured dogs as the subject matter and have been exhibited by the World Dog Alliance during Dog Lovers' Day.

Animal Protection

In 2013, Genlin (Peng Hongling) returned to his father's birthplace Guizhou, where he saw to his surprise that dog meat was a tourist-attracting "delicacy". It was then when he initiated his ambition to pursue the outlawing of human consumption of dog meat. On 12 December 2014 he founded World Dog Alliance (WDA) with the aim to push forward "Explicit Legislation against Dog Meat Consumption" around the world and advocate for the "International Agreement to Prohibit the Eating of Dogs and Cats."

To expose the brutality of the dog meat industry to the world, Genlin directed the documentary Eating Happiness, traveling with a film crew to Korea, Vietnam, Thailand and China to depict the situation of the dog meat industry in those countries. As a factual account this documentary played an important role for subsequent legislations banning the eating of dog meat in countries around the world.

Under Genlin's unshakable push and drive, World Dog Alliance accomplished successes that are nothing short of staggering.

Related events

In 2007, Peng Hongling purchased a mansion in Malibu, Los Angeles County, United States. Later he noticed the actual area was one-third less than which promised by the agency of the seller. In 2010, he sued the agency of the seller and Real estate agency.

Achievements

• In October 2018, he was awarded "International Dog Lover Award" by a parliamentary animal right organization in Italy (issued by the member of Chamber of Deputies (Italy) Michela Vittoria Brambilla).

References

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External links

• Official website
• Genlin at IMDb

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• Living people
• Painters from Shanghai
• Businesspeople from Shanghai
• Shanghai University alumni
• Sojitz people
• Chinese animal rights activists
• Founders of charities
• 21st-century Chinese painters
• Animal painters
• Businesspeople from Guizhou
• Painters from Guizhou
• People from Malibu, California