This Day, That Year

Item from July 7, 1992, in China Daily: Zhou Hongxin (right), president of the Beijing Liberal Arts Correspondence University, presents a symbolic check for 1.2 million yuan to the charity Project Hope yesterday in Beijing. ... More than 100,000 rural school dropouts across the country will register for the coming semester, starting September, thanks to the charity, which provides scholarship for children from poor families.

Since its launch in October 1989 by the China Youth Development Foundation, Project Hope has become one of the country's most successful charities dedicated to helping poor children access education.

It has made a difference to the lives of students from impoverished families nationwide.