Mr. Chen Jiageng made hundreds of millions of dollars by running a business, but he said, "I should donate my hard-earned money generously." . He believes that making money by doing business is only a means, and the purpose of making money is to take out the money earned to do good deeds for the society and cultivate useful talents for the society, so as to build an independent, unified, democratic, prosperous and strong new China that can keep pace with European and American powers. He pointed out that "education is the foundation of the country, and it is the responsibility of the country to promote learning". Since 1894 founded the "Book of Physical Education" in Jimei, his hometown, Mr. Chen Jiageng has been studying for 67 years all his life, and as many as 1 18 schools have been founded and funded. According to the gold price at that time, he spent more than 1 100 million dollars on cultural and educational undertakings in his life, and he was "a man through the ages" in the history of education in China.
Mr. Chen Jiageng's life has cultivated the great spirit of Jia Geng. The connotation of the spirit of Jia Geng is reflected in patriotism, and there is also the dedication spirit of valuing righteousness over profit, valuing morality, being honest and trustworthy, hating evil as hatred, being resolute and vigorous, striving for self-improvement, being hard-working and plain-living, being diligent and thrifty, advancing with the times and pioneering and innovative. A main thread that runs through Mr. Chen Jiageng's life is lofty patriotism. Mr. Chen Jiageng regards the interests of the motherland as the highest interests of life, the needs of the motherland as the greatest needs of life, and the prosperity of the motherland as the ultimate goal of life. Patriotism is the belief that Mr. Chen Jiageng abides by all his life, the principle of his life, and the core of Jia Geng's spirit.