Filial piety fund emerges to help make virtue thrive

ZHENGZHOU - On a bulletin board in Licun village, Henan province, hangs a list of all residents aged 70 or above, followed by the names of their children and the contributions each child has made to a special fund. For centuries, Chinese people have highly valued the way they treat their parents, called filial piety. Nowadays, authorities in rural areas have even turned to a filial piety fund.

Villager Li Zhengcai, 70, received 550 yuan ($87) of funds in January.

"Five hundred yuan came from my five children, and another 50 was from subsidies from the local government and private donations," Li said.