Famous TV host donates 4.5 mln to Peking University

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2007-12-19 11:21

BEIJING -- Senior media figure Yang Lan has announced that her Sunshine Cultural Foundation will donate 4.5 million yuan (US$600,000) to Peking University in the coming three years.


Yang Lan (L) and President of Peking University Xu Zhihong jointly show the donation certificate in this undated photo. [Pkuef.org]

The Beijing Times reported Tuesday that the donation will be used to support the university's charity and welfare trainings, research and symposiums.

Yang Lan has been playing a big part in charitable deeds. She and her husband founded the Sunshine Cultural Foundation in Hong Kong in 2005 and held a successful charity ball to raise funds for the 2007 Special Olympics World Summer Games.



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