The Artistry intensive skincare renewing peel!

The Artistry intensive skincare renewing peel took home the award for the “Best Anti-aging Mask of the Year” at the 2011 COSMOPOLITAN Beauty Awards in China.

Each year, COSMOPOLITAN magazine asks esteemed beauty editors, celebrities, bloggers and industry professionals to find the most innovative, effective and indulgent products on the market right now.

Prestigious and well respected within China’s fashion and beauty industry, the COSMOPOLITAN  award further demonstrates the outstanding performance of Artistry and its cutting-age technology.

July 15 was a very good day for Amway China, as it was honored with not one but two prestigious awards.

Amway China received the China Charity Award and China Charity Award for Children for its efforts to improve the lives of children, protect the environment and volunteer and manage volunteers for a number of events.

It’s the fourth time Amway China has received the China Charity Award, the highest charity award given by the Chinese government.

It was a good day in recognition of Amway China’s history of doing good works.

This past weekend the winning team from the Amway Nutrilite Junior NBA challenge, the Tigers, made their trip to Los Angeles to attend the NBA All-Star game.

Their journey began last spring when four cities in China and Taiwan held basketball skills challenges for thousands of kids between the ages of seven and twelve. Six lucky kids selected from each city were invited to a city camp where they worked one-on-one with Dwight Howard of the NBA’s Orlando Magic. The boys were then divided into two teams of twelve players each. They competed against each other in games in both Beijing and Taipei. And the winning team made the trip to the United States.

On Friday the team spent the day at the Nutrilite COH in Buena Park where they toured our facilities, enjoyed a fun-filled round of our “Color Yourself Healthy” beanbag game, and were put through the paces in a fitness session with Diane Paetz, Nutrilite’s fitness instructor.

On Saturday they played an exhibition game against the Junior NBA Clippers at the NBA Jam Session in the LA Convention Center.  Throughout their visit their biggest support came from Taiwanese celebrity, and former Asian basketball star Chen Chien-Chou, affectionately known as “Blackie” in Asia, who accompanied the team on their trip.  

The highlight of the trip was spent watching the Slam-Dunk competition and then the All-Star game Sunday night. You can see more photos from the trip on Amway Taiwan’s Junior NBA Facebook page and the Global Nutrilite Facebook page.

There’s a lot to celebrate in Australia’s Hunter Valley wine country this month, thanks to a group of 8,000 Chinese Amway distributors.

Amway China’s 2011 Leadership Seminar will become the biggest corporate gathering ever in the Hunter Valley region when the event kicks off January 14. 

Wineries are adding workers and translators to handle the needs of the group, who will sample local foods, hear indigenous music, and stomp the grapes used to make the region’s legendary wines.   One vintner is even creating a commemorative wine in the group’s honor.

So let’s raise a glass to the 8,000 Chinese distributors who earned the trip and to the Hunter Valley wineries, restaurants and other businesses that will open their doors – and more than a few bottles of wine - for our guests.

Everyday when we come to work at Amway World Headquarters we just might take some things for granted.

We work in a complex that stretches over 500 acres and we manufacture products that are shipped all over the world. We have over 13,000 employees across the globe focused on helping people succeed in their businesses.

This week over 200 distributors from China made their first trip to Ada. They’re part of Barry Chi & Holly Chen’s organization – the largest Amway business in the world. They were welcomed by Amway President Doug DeVos and greeted by a line of employees as they entered the Center of Free Enterprise.

This was a special trip for them, a validation of sorts. Something they achieved through their hard work, and something that they now see as very real. Because people, not just buildings and facilities, are an important part of this organization. 

As Doug explained to them: “Amway is defined by people. We’re all in this together as part of the Amway family — it reaches all over the world. And we’re honored you’ve worked so hard to get here.”

That is something never taken for granted.

Thanks to our colleague Sri Soekarmoen McCarthy for the photos for this and many other Amway Insider posts!

What do the Chinese artistic gymnastics team and Indonesian badminton  players Markis Kito and Hendra Setiawan have in common?

Gold medals and Nutrilite.

The Chinese gymnasts and the Indonesian badminton duo struck gold at the recent Asian Games in Guangzhou.  The Chinese gymnasts took gold in 13 events at the games and Markis and Hendra won the men’s doubles competition.

Amway China and Nutrilite are sponsors of the Chinese artistic gymnastics team and Amway Indonesia and Nutrilite sponsor six Indonesian badminton players, including Markis and Hendra.

It’s a champion connection we’re proud to be part of.

On November 18 a visit by the Chinese gymnastics team caused an unprecedented sensation at the Amway China plant in Guangzhou.  Fans packed a meeting area to see these sports stars, who have been spokespersons for our Nutrilite brand since 2009.

This was the first time the champions visited Amway China, where they were greeted by Amway employees, Amway sales representatives and middle school students sponsored by Amway China.

It’s quite understandable why the team was so warmly welcomed. In the 2010 Asian Games this month, they won 13 events in the artistic gymnastics competition and medaled in eight others.

After the meeting, the team visited the Amway and Nutrilite Experience Centers and the Nutrilite production lines, so they could better understand Amway’s history and culture and how our products are manufactured.

Last month Amway China agreed to donate RMB 1 million to build a “Low Carbon Journey” Experience Center in Jinan, Shandong Province. Scheduled to open on June 5, 2012 – World Environment Day – the Experience Center will be located in the West Jinan National Wetlands Park.

Since 2009, Amway China has hosted Environmental Theme Parks in more than twenty cities and even created an online theme park, but the “Low Carbon Journey” Experience Center marks the first time that Amway’s environmental protection program will be integrated into a national environmental protection base.

The experience center will be a permanent facility that more than 1.5 million people are expected to visit annually. It will also provide environmental education to primary and middle school students. Each year the Publicity and Education Center of Shandong Provincial Environment Department will organize visits from 200,000 to 300,000 teenage students, raising their awareness of environmental protection and social responsibility.