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People from all walks of life donate for tsunami-hit countries
2005-01-05 01:16:04 Xinhua English


Students from a primary school in Guangxi's Nanning donate their pocket money for children in the tsunami-hit countires.


Buddhist monks donate money a a prayer service in Beijing on January 1, 2005. About 1,000 monks from across the country and kindhearted people donated 9.93 million yuan (US$1.2 million) for the tsunami victims. [Xinhua]


BEIJING, Jan. 5 (Xinhuanet) -- People from all walks of life across China have plunged themselves to donate funds on their own accord for tsunami-ravaged countries in south and southeast Asia over the past few days.

The Liaoning Provincial Red Cross Society has collected 1.07 million yuan (128,915 US dollars) of charity funds during the three-day New Year holiday season as an expression of their sympathy and regards for tsunamic victims.

The Red Cross Society of southwestern Yunnan Province has set up donation centers at the railway stations and in parks, urging people to offer a helping hand to tsunamic victims. Meanwhile, local residents have pooled 263,500 yuan (31,746 US dollars) of donations.

The Red Cross Society in east China's Jiangxi Province has opened a special bank account to receive donations for victims in earthquake and tsunami-hit countries. The province has also opened a relief hotline and set up donation centers at universities, government institutions, neighborhood communities and public sites.

Shanghai, the country's largest metropolis in east China, has planned to hold a grand charity performance on Wednesday. Preparation was proceeding smoothly and a lot of entertainment and sports celebrities had promised to join in the performance, the organizer said.

Moreover, China's personal computer giant Lenovo Group Limited has offered a donation of 500,000 US dollars, which will be forwarded to tsunami-affected areas through China Red Cross Society.

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