Ma Hui is 12, and a grade five student in Goukou Primary School of Xinji Township, Pengyang County, the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, she is one of the children from a remote, impoverished village who has had to drop out of school. In the spring of 2000, when she should have been in school, news of a "Spring Bud Class" in Goukou village spread through the county. The Spring Bud Class opened up a whole new life for Ma Hui and 50 other girls in Xinji Township who had to drop out of...
Action film star Jackie Chan took centre stage at a ceremony held on May 18, 2004, to mark the celebrity donation ceremony of the Third China Children's Charity Day. He gave the largest single donation to the fund: Two million yuan. The day, sponsored by China Children and Teenagers' Fund (CCTF), was launched at Hong Kong Hall of the Great Hall of the People. Achievements of the past 20 years were recognized, with praise bestowed upon people who have contributed significantly to Chinese children's charit...
