A 9 million yuan ($1.18 million) donation from Beijing Wanhe Holdings Co to the China Soong Ching Ling Foundation will go toward helping poor university students achieve their dreams.
The Foundation's Future Project is designed to financial support university students from impoverished families. Since it was initiated in 2003, the Future Project has helped 14,560 students from 90 universities and colleges across the country, Yu Guilin, vice-chairman of the foundation says.
So far, the foundation has received about 120 million yuan ($15.8 million) for the Future Project from individuals and business firms in China, according to Yu.
Source: China Daily/Agencies
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