“Baobei” means “Precious, priceless, a treasure”. It is pronounced as “baobay”. Chinese parents call their babies “baobei”, indicating they are precious and cherished. We picked Baobei to be our foundation’s name because the children we are helping are as precious. Although they were born with special needs and that they don’t have parents, they are definitely still baobeis.

As we work closely with Dr Bao - the neurosurgeon from SCMC, a lot of people thought his name is Baobei. He actually proudly jokes that Baobei is his foundation. If you ask him now what his name is, he would answer “Baobei” instead of his real name. He enjoys being a Baobei member. It is such a coincident that after we chose the name “Baobei”, we realized the first child we helped is Baby Bei while his surgery was performed by Dr Bao. Love it!