The best way to help the world is to help the rich. Donating money and materials is obviously the best way to help the world. In recent years, there have been more and more reports of wealthy people donating to charity, and there are many examples of donations amounting to tens o

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Da Ze benefits the world. For the rich, donating money and materials is obviously the best way to benefit the world. In recent years, there have been more and more reports of wealthy people donating to charity, and there are many examples of donations amounting to tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of yuan.

In the past year or two, there has even been a phenomenon of donating tens of billions of yuan. For example, Cao Dewang, the glass king and Fuguang Glass, spent 10 billion yuan to build Fuyao University of Science and Technology , and Weier Yurenrong spent 20 billion yuan to build in his hometown of Ningbo . Ding Hemu of Eastern University of Science and Technology, Anta, donated tens of billions of yuan to establish the Hemin Foundation, and Liu Qiangdong also donated stocks with a market value of tens of billions.

also made some donations. The amount may not be the highest, but the method and the reasons behind it are touching.

1. Rich people in Heze, Shandong, set up special scholarships for students from their hometowns.

For example, at Shandong University, a century-old prestigious school, there is a Jiang Zhen Heze Scholarship. This scholarship is mainly used to support poor students from Heze, Shandong Province. It was established by the Jiang Zhen Industrial Charity Foundation in 2008 with a cost of more than 1 million yuan.

Heze is a prefecture-level city in western Shandong, and its economic development is relatively lagging behind.

Why set up a scholarship for students from one area?

Because Jiang Zhen’s ancestral home is Heze, he was born in poverty in 1923. When he was 2 years old and 10 years old, his mother and father died one after another. When he was young, there was a war. When he was 14 or 15 years old, he followed his brother to Sichuan to make a living. He was dragged into the army without knowing it, fought in the war, and luckily survived. Later, I arrived at my port.

Here, he founded Chen Hsong Group . Later, Chen Hsong Group became the world's largest injection molding machine manufacturer, and he also became the "Injection Molding Machine King". After

made his fortune, he donated all his property and established the Zhen Industrial Charitable Foundation. Although he left his hometown when he was a teenager and had no relatives in his hometown, he never forgot his hometown. He once established the Heze Jiang Zhen Higher Industrial School in Heze. There is also a Jiang Zhen Heze Botanical Garden named after him in Heze.

In Shandong University, there is also a Jiang Zhen Library, which also contains his donations. The Jiang Zhen Heze Scholarship is a scholarship he established for students from his hometown.

In March this year, Jiang Zhen passed away peacefully at the age of 100. The Chen Hsong Group and scholarships he left behind are still benefiting future generations.

2. In the name of the tutor, donate the teaching building

On December 25, 2020, in the atrium square of the School of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences of Wuhan University, a teaching building called the Zhaquan Electrochemistry Building was officially completed and unveiled.

This teaching building was donated and built by Liu Jincheng, an alumnus of Wuhan University and founder of Huizhou Yiwei Lithium Energy. Cha Quanxing was his mentor when he was studying for a master's degree in at Wuhan University.

Cha Quanxing is an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. In 1977, it was he who suggested to resume the college entrance examination and , which gave thousands of students a fair chance to go to college. He was therefore known as "the first person to suggest the restoration of the college entrance examination."

Liu Jincheng is a native of Jingmen, Hubei. He was admitted to the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China in Chengdu for his undergraduate degree. After working for several years, he was admitted to the School of Chemistry of Wuhan University for a master's degree in 1990, studying under Academician Cha Quanxing.

After graduation, he went to work in Huizhou, Guangdong, and a few years later he founded billion lithium energy . Yiwei Lithium Energy is a company that produces lithium batteries used in small household appliances. Today, Liu Jincheng's wealth is as high as 69.5 billion yuan.

In 2015, Liu Jincheng learned that the college’s scientific research space was very tight, so he donated 10 million yuan for the construction and renovation of the electrochemical building, which was named after his mentor. It is somewhat regrettable that Academician Cha Quanxing passed away in 2019 and did not see the building completed and put into use.

Liu Jincheng had previously established an award at Wuhan University - the "Yiwei Chemical Power Supply Award", and donated another 20 million yuan during the 128th anniversary of Wuhan University.

Liu Jincheng obviously paid tribute to his teacher by naming the teaching building after his teacher.

A similar approach was done by an alumni couple who graduated from Xi'an Jiaotong University .

In 2012, Pu Zhongjie and Zhang Yue'e of Lepu Medical launched the "Wang Xiaotian Materials Science Scholarship Fund" at Xi'an Jiaotong University.

Both graduated from Xi'an Jiaotong University . They both studied under Professor Wang Xiaotian of Xi'an Jiaotong University and later founded Lepu Medical. In 2012, Professor Wang Xiaotian celebrated his 90th birthday and 64th anniversary of teaching.

At this time, initiating and establishing a scholarship named after the teacher is undoubtedly the best birthday gift from the two students to the teacher. Later, the couple also donated 100 million yuan to their mother.

In addition to these few, the famous Lei Jun also made a very special donation to his alma mater Wuhan University. The donation amounted to 100 million yuan, which also caused great repercussions across the country. After his explanation, people knew , there is a deep intention behind it.

3. Lei Jun donated 100 million yuan, why did he donate 1 yuan less

On October 20, 2016, Lei Jun donated 999,99999 yuan to Wuhan University, which is a difference of 1 yuan and 100 million yuan.

As we all know, Lei Jun was a top student in the Computer Science Department of Wuhan University in 1987. He completed 4 years of credits in just 2 years and later worked at Kingsoft. He is the earliest generation of software people in China. In 2009, he founded Xiaomi and achieved great success. success.

Regarding why he donated less than 100 million yuan, Lei Jun’s explanation is that firstly, senior Chen Dongsheng, founder of Taikang, donated 100 million yuan to Wuhan University in 2011. As a junior, he did not want to surpass his senior; secondly, this 1 Yuan left it to the juniors and juniors to work hard to complete it.

As we all know, Chen Dongsheng is a graduate of the Department of Economics of Wuhan University. Before graduating from his undergraduate degree, he carved the word "Shi" on a stone on Luojia Mountain of Wuhan University. After graduation, he worked within the system, became a bureau-level cadre at a young age, and compiled China's first top 500 rankings.

In 1992, he resigned and went to Shanghai to found Guardian Auction . Later, he founded Home Delivery and Taikang Life Insurance , becoming a representative figure of the 92 school of .

Judging from the photos at the Lei Jun donation site, Chen was also present at the time.

Lei Jun’s move is to pay tribute to his seniors in a way that does not surpass them. However, in August last year, Chen Dongsheng donated another 1 billion yuan to Wuhan University, and Lei Jun had another goal.

Lei Jun is known as the best programmer among Chinese entrepreneurs , Dong Mingzhu When Xiaomi said that Xiaomi started from marketing, Lei Jun once said "aggrieved" that the other party was born in sales, but talked about technology, while he clearly He is a programmer by training, but he is said to have made his fortune in marketing.

However, judging from the donation operation, Lei Jun is indeed a marketing master. There are many people who have donated hundreds of millions of yuan, but his method and explanation of how to donate 1 yuan less made this donation a popular topic. He not only did a good thing, but also raised the attention of himself and his company.

The donation methods or motivations behind the donations of the three rich people are different. Jiang Zhen is giving back to his fellow villagers; Liu Jincheng is paying tribute to his mentor; Lei Jun is "humility" to his seniors, all of which are touching.

What other touching donations have been made by China's richest people?