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PASADENA, Calif., July 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — iHerb Holdings, Inc. today announced that it has confidentially submitted a draft registration statement on Form S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) relating to the proposed initial public offering of its common stock. The number of shares to be offered and the price range for the proposed offering have not yet been determined. The initial public offering is expected to commence after the SEC completes its review process, subject to market and other conditions.

This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities. Any offers, solicitations or offers to buy, or any sales of securities will be made in accordance with the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“Securities Act”). This announcement is being issued in accordance with Rule 135 under the Securities Act.

About iHerb

We are the world’s largest eCommerce platform dedicated to the Vitamins, Minerals, Supplements, or VMS, category, with a growing presence in other areas of consumer health and wellness. Trusted by millions in over 185 countries, we offer a curated portfolio of branded and innovative third-party and proprietary products at the best possible value, conveniently delivered directly to our customers.

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BEIJING, July 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Peng Liyuan, the wife of Chinese President Xi Jinping, on Tuesday addressed the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) forum on women’s education and poverty alleviation via video.

Peng, who is also a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) special envoy for the advancement of girls and women’s education, said eliminating poverty and embracing happiness are the common aspirations of all women. By receiving education, knowledge and skills, women can have the power to lift themselves out of poverty.

Thanks to China’s unremitting efforts, the country has achieved a victory in the fight against extreme poverty, and hundreds of millions of Chinese women have been lifted out of poverty, she said, adding that China has adopted a series of measures to ensure women’s equal access to education and make them beneficiaries, participants and contributors in poverty alleviation.

Peng said reducing poverty through women’s education will have a strong impetus if a country attaches great importance to it, social organizations actively support it and people from all walks of life make selfless contributions.

She mentioned how Guizhou’s provincial government motivated more than 500,000 women to work at home by developing a women-tailored handcraft industry, how more than 3 million poor girls were able to complete their education under the nationally funded Spring Bud Project, and how a teacher named Zhang Guimei founded a free high school in an impoverished area that helped nearly 2,000 girls enter college.

With 435 million women still living in poverty in the world, the gender gap in education remains clear, Peng said, adding that the COVID-19 pandemic poses new challenges to reducing poverty for women.

Over the past 20 years, since the establishment of the SCO, women from member states have followed the “Shanghai Spirit,” exchanged experiences on women’s development, promoted cooperation in various fields and contributed their share to advancing SCO cooperation, Peng said.

We need to unite our love and make long-lasting efforts, continue to deepen cooperation in women’s education and poverty reduction, let education shine a light of hope on women and make more women enjoy opportunities to live a beautiful life, she said.

The forum is jointly organized by the All-China Women’s Federation (ACWF), the Committee of Good-Neighborliness, Friendship and Cooperation of the SCO and the Secretariat of SCO.

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GUANGZHOU, China, July 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — The 130th China Import and Export Fair (Canton Fair) will be held in a merged format, both online and offline, between October 15 and November 3, 2021. This edition of the Canton Fair will feature displays in 51 exhibition sections based on 16 product categories along with a designated “rural vitalization zone” showcasing products from multiple rural areas of China and will be open to visitors both virtually and in-person.

The onsite exhibition will continue to be held in its familiar three-phase format, with each phase lasting 4 days. Total exhibition space is 1.185 million square meters and around 60,000 standard booths are expected to fill this enormous area. Chinese representatives of overseas organizations and companies, as well as domestic buyers, are all invited to attend the Fair. The Fair’s online exhibition website has developed innovative functionality which seamlessly combines the onsite event space allowing increased numbers of visitors to attend the offline version of the Fair.

Canton Fair is a comprehensive international trading event with the longest history, biggest scale, most complete variety of exhibits, and the largest business turnover in China. With this year being the centenary of the Communist Party of China, the 130th Canton Fair is of great significance. The Ministry of Commerce will work closely with the Guangdong Provincial Government to enhance and expedite the various plans that are in place including exhibition organization, celebration activities as well as further solidifying Canton Fair’s role as a platform for all-round development while consolidating the impressive gains made in COVID-19 prevention and control.

From a social and economic development perspective, the Fair will serve to bolster the new national development pattern which sees domestic economic circulation as the mainstay while both domestic and international economic circulations simultaneously reinforce each other.

Chinese and international companies are welcome to visit the grand event that is the 130th Canton Fair and together everyone can help to create a better future.

China Foreign Trade Centre

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BEIJING, July 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — A report from CCTV+:

Peng Liyuan, wife of Chinese President Xi Jinping, on Tuesday called for making concerted and persistent efforts to deepen cooperation on women’s education and poverty reduction.

Peng, a special envoy of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) for the advancement of girls’ and women’s education, made the remarks while addressing via video link the forum on women’s education and poverty reduction, co-sponsored by All China Women’s Federation and related institutions of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).

Noting eliminating poverty and embracing happiness represent the common ideal for women, and education will bring women the power to get rid of poverty, Peng said China has scored a complete victory in the fight against poverty and hundreds of millions of women in China have shaken off poverty.

China has taken a series of measures to ensure women are equally entitled to education, and they become beneficiaries, participants and contributors in the fight against poverty, Peng said.

She mentioned a program by the local government in Guizhou Province to develop the specialty industry of women’s handicrafts, and Zhang Guimei, a headmaster, helping girls in poverty-stricken mountainous areas realize their college dream.

Peng pointed out that, currently, there are still 435 million women living in poverty globally amid stark educational gaps between the sexes and new challenges facing poverty alleviation brought by COVID-19.

Hailing women’s role in promoting the SCO’s development over the past 20 years since its founding, Peng called for joining hands and persisting in deepening cooperation on women’s education and poverty reduction, adding this would light up the path of hope for women through education and bring women more opportunities to make life better.

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SÃO PAULO, July 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Zenvia Inc. (“Zenvia”), a customer experience communications platform that empowers businesses to create unique journeys for their end-customers along their life cycle across a broad range of B2C verticals throughout Latin America, today announced the pricing of its initial public offering of 11,538,461 Class A common shares at a public offering price of US$13.00 per share (the “Offering”). The underwriters have the option to purchase up to an additional 1,730,769 Class A common shares from Zenvia at the initial public offering price, less underwriting discounts and commissions.

Zenvia Class A common shares are expected to begin trading on the Nasdaq Capital Market on July 22, 2021 under the ticker symbol “ZENV,” and the offering is expected to close on July 26, 2021, subject to customary closing conditions.

Concurrently with and contingent upon the completion of the Offering, Twilio Inc. has agreed to purchase 3,846,153 additional Class A common shares to be issued by Zenvia in a private placement exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, at a price equal to US$13.00 per Class A common share. We expect that this concurrent private placement will close shortly after the consummation of the Offering.

A registration statement relating to this Offering has been filed with and declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 21, 2021. Copies of the registration statement can be accessed through the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at www.sec.gov.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Banco Bradesco BBI S.A., Itau BBA USA Securities, Inc. and UBS Securities LLC are acting as global coordinators for the proposed Offering and XP Investments US, LLC is acting as joint bookrunner for the proposed Offering.

The Offering of these securities is being made only by means of a written prospectus forming part of the effective registration statement, copies of which may be obtained from any of the following sources:

• Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Attention: Prospectus Department, 200 West Street, New York, New York 10282, by telephone at 1-866-471-2526, facsimile: 212-902-9316 or by email at prospectus-ny@ny.email.gs.com; or
• Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Attention: Prospectus Department, 180 Varick Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10014 or by email to: prospectus@morganstanley.com.

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy these securities, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.

About Zenvia

Zenvia is driven by the purpose of empowering companies to create unique experiences for customer communications through its unified end-to-end platform. Zenvia empowers companies to transform their existing customer communications from non-scalable, physical and impersonal interactions into highly scalable, digital first and hyper contextualized experiences across the customer journey. Zenvia’s unified end-to-end CX communications platform provides a combination of (i) SaaS focused on campaigns, sales teams, customer service and engagement, (ii) tools, such as software application programming interfaces, or APIs, chatbots, single customer view, journey designer, documents composer and authentication and (iii) channels, such as SMS, Voice, WhatsApp, Instagram and Webchat. Its comprehensive platform assists customers across multiple use cases, including marketing campaigns, customer acquisition, customer onboarding, warnings, customer services, fraud control, cross-selling and customer retention, among others. As of March 31, 2021, Zenvia served more than 10,100 active customers throughout Latin America.

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