Meet the people, places honored for poverty relief
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Xia Sen, 98
born in Sept 1923, researcher at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, retired in 1982
She joined the Communist Party of China at the age of 15 and lived a simple life for many years. After her retirement, she donated her own savings of more than 2 million yuan to improve the teaching conditions in poverty-stricken areas of Danfeng county in Shaanxi province and Shangyou county in Jiangxi province. The "Xia Sen scholarship" has helped 182 impoverished students realize their college dreams.