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Education Programs
The China Foundation's Education Programs currently focus on building and renovating elementary schools in the remote rural areas of the Northwest Region. Mr. Xiaoling Shi, Supervisor of Education of Pingliang City, Gansu Province, is the China Foundation Representative in the Northwest Region of China. This Region includes Gansu, Ningxia, Qinhai, Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, and Tibet. Most people living in these rural areas belong to the Chinese minority races. Although the Northwest Region of China is the poorest and most underdeveloped area of China, it has rich natural resources such as oil and coal and has great potential for economic and social development. Implementing educational initiatives to build schools and to provide scholarships and educational materials will be the best investment to help local development and economic growth. Mr. Shi has planned and supervised many school projects in Gansu and Ningxia. The China Foundation and the local governments jointly supported these projects of building new schools for mostly minority children. The China Foundation's Education Committee is actively seeking funds to support more educational initiatives. The China Foundation thanks the following donors for contributing to the Education Program: Dr. Jane H. Hu; Dr. Bing Yao and Mrs Lien Yao; Freshfields Law Firm in Beijing; The World Bank; Mr. & Mrs.Dong Zhou & Ms. Connie Liao; Mark Solomons, Esq. & Jill Kent, JD; Seth Wu, Esq. and Elsie Wu; Drs. Catherine & Eric Chen; Dr. Teresa Lee Liu; Ms. Julia M. Liu; Mrs. Shih Fan Hsu and Cindy Chan. Dr. and Mrs. Bing Yao of the China Foundation have been fulfilling their very generous promise to donate more than one school per year since 2003. Generous contributions from Mr. Chong ZhaoTang enabled renovating 5 schools in 2006. The Foundation's efforts have achieved significant results. Below is a summary of the school built/renovated since 1999.
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