(FILE)

Wing-Kun Tam, International President of Lions Clubs International (LCI), was given the You Bring Charm to the World award at Peking University on March 31. The award was established to recognize Chinese people's accomplishments around the world. The event has been hosted for five years.

Tam was appointed international president of LCI, the largest charity organization in the world, in July 2011. He is the first Chinese person to hold the position in the 95-year history of LCI. He is now leading 1.4 million members of the organization, scattered in 206 countries and districts around the globe, to help people in need with their social services.

Tam was born in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, and educated in Hong Kong, where he founded his international cargo company and raised his family. In 1981, he started his own business. Today, Tam's transportation company has 200 employees in 20 offices worldwide.