Combo photo shows Jinzhai County primary school in June, 1991 (top, file photo by Zhang Shuguang) and pupils having a break at the Jinzhai County primary school in Jinzhai, east China's Anhui Province, Sept. 3, 2019 (bottom, photo by Liu Junxi). As the first primary school built under the Project Hope in China, Jinzhai County primary school was founded on May 19, 1990. Project Hope, a Chinese program aiming at financing education for poverty-stricken students, celebrates its 30th anniversary on Oct. 30, 2019. The project was initiated by the China Youth Development Foundation (CYDF) and the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League of China in 1989, and has been supported by people from all walks of life since its establishment. As of September in 2019, Project Hope has received 15.23 billion yuan (about 2.16 billion U.S. dollars) in donations and aided over 5.99 million students in financial difficulty. A total of 20,195 primary schools were also built, according to the CYDF statistics. (Xinhua)
