Recently, Chongqing University received a donation of 300 million yuan from Tang Lixin, an alumnus, setting a new record for one-time donations from domestic college alumni.
Analysts pointed out that "alumni donation" is a beautiful landscape. Although the proportion of this kind of donation in China is not high compared with that in developed countries, its development momentum has brought people new expectations.
Give back to your alma mater and donate a building.
At the celebration ceremony of the 85th anniversary of Chongqing University, 8 1 alumnus Tang Lixin announced that he would donate 300 million yuan to build a new information Expo building for his alma mater, which will be located in Huxi Campus of Chongqing University, covering academic exchange, information technology, Expo and other functions.
Zhao Hua, assistant to the president of Chongqing University, said that Tang Lixin was among the best in professional study and had served as the class league secretary, so he had great affection for the school. Start a business after graduation and accumulate wealth. In 2006, he had the will to donate money to his alma mater. Since then, Tang Lixin has set up scholarships, grants and education funds to help poor college students in their alma mater complete their studies, and also to help students start businesses, study abroad and reward scientific research. At present, a total of 360 million yuan has been donated to his alma mater.
Talking about the origin of the donation of 300 million yuan, Zhao Hua said that Tang Lixin would go back to his alma mater several times every year and walk around the campus every time. Finally, Zhejiang businessmen donated 25 million yuan to install air conditioners in each student dormitory, which caused Tang Lixin to pay attention to the infrastructure of his alma mater.
When Tang Lixin returned to his alma mater, he proposed to donate a teaching building with the largest volume in China. According to calculation, the area is 6.5438+0.25 million square meters, and the construction cost is more than 600 million yuan. Tang Lixin and the school initially reached a 50-50 investment agreement. However, in the process of implementation, there was no place to build a new building in the old campus, and the school proposed to build a new campus in Gai Lou, which made Tang Lixin hesitate because he only had feelings for the old campus. After the work of the school, it was not until this year that Tang Lixin promised to donate money to build a teaching building in the new campus.
Born in a teacher's home, he is keen on donating teaching assistants.
Donate 300 million yuan to his alma mater to draw public attention to Tang Lixin. Before this interview, he was still discussing donations with Peking University.
"My donation to colleges and universities is planned, not random." Tang Lixin told reporters that his donors are some famous universities, such as Peking University, Tsinghua University, Zhejiang University, Fudan University and Shanghai Jiaotong University. Because I am from Sichuan, the donation plan also includes 1 2 3.