Good Samaritans get their due
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THE November “China Good Person” list was unveiled in Changning District last Wednesday.
Hundreds of local residents, students, district officials and delegates from other provinces were on hand to witness the moment when the names of 109 Good Samaritans from around the country were announced.
Nominees for this honor were recommended because of their good deeds and the final winners stood out from 1.52 million candidates nationwide.
The online recommendation system used to compile candidates was visited by 46.2 million people last month, and received more than 100,000 messages.
Dedication to public welfare
Among the month’s winners were Inner Mongolian railway worker Luo Qi, who co-founded a public welfare organization and has dedicated himself to welfare projects for more than three decades; as well as cabbie Wang Changchun from Jilin Province, who named his fleet after the famed Chinese do-gooder Lei Feng and served people for 24 years. A physically challenged woman, Zhou Meirong from Jiangsu Province, who founded a volunteer group for other people with disabilities was also named on the November list.
Several organizations were recognized, including the Yellow River Lifeng rescue team from Henan Province, which saved 630 people from dangerous tides; the Red Ribbon from Hubei Province, which has promoted HIV/AIDS prevention in rural areas for 15 years; and the Offshore Flying Tigers from Zhejiang Province, which has rescued hundreds of fishermen in the past 27 years.
During last Wednesday’s ceremony at the Hongqiao Art Center, stage performances ranging from songs and dances to poetry recitals highlighted the moving stories of previous nominees from Changning District.
Zou Bihua, the late president of Changning District People’s Court, was honored with the award in May 2015.
Zou, who held office in Changning from 2008 to 2012, was a star judge and legal expert. His “The Nine Steps for Trials of Elements” has become a handbook for judges across China.
Zou died from heart failure on December 10, 2014 on his way to work. He was only 47. Just one day ahead of his untimely death, an online litigation service platform for lawyers was officially launched. Zou was the planner and operator of the platform and was a tireless champion of China’s community of legal professionals.
“I sincerely hope the environment where lawyers practice gets better and better.” This was the last message posted on his WeChat account.
Nearly 17,000 lawyers from 1,325 Shanghai-based firms have benefited from Zou’s platform since its establishment.
School of hope
While professional dedication defines Zou’s legacy, 84-year-old Liu Wenzhen found a place among the country’s most kind-hearted with the rural school she built to continue her daughter’s mission to promote education among underprivileged youths.
Liu, a resident of Changning’s Huayang community, spent her daughter’s pension and most of her own savings to help children in Zhijiang County, in central China’s Hunan Province, to continue their education.
Liu’s daughter, Xu Qin, was killed in a traffic accident in 1993 in Shenzhen. The 28-year-old had supported several children from underdeveloped areas who had ceased their studies.
Liu and her late husband spent their daughter’s pension supporting the studies of 34 students in Zhijiang Dong Autonomous County. The elderly couple has also made regular contributions to help local children in Zhijiang. In 1997, they donated 100,000 yuan (US$14,526) to build a school named after their daughter. They also raised more than 8 million yuan from donors in Shanghai to build 10 additional schools in the area.
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