Chen Ke
Hometown: Xinqing, Guangxi
Major: Business Administration
“I need this scholarship to alleviate the family burden. … I hope I can run a big farm in a remote area or become a public servant to make a contribution for the people. …and when I complete my education I am willing to help those who are low-income students like me to fulfill their dreams.”

Jihuo Aga
Hometown: Lijiang, Yunnan
Major: History “I’m from a poor remote minority village of Yunnan. My mother with a low cultural level and poor health condition cannot undertake too heavy physical labors but some simple works. These years the harvest of crops has been getting worse and worse and the drought happening last year greatly decreased [our] income.”

Lan Shengwen
Hometown: Baoshan, Yunnan
Major: Accounting
“Although I’m handicapped, I believe I will make a difference in this distinguished university. I believe in the saying: ‘Only you can fulfill the purpose to which you were born to accomplish; our greatest glory consists not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.“

Sun Pingyi
Hometown: Chongqing
Major: International Economics and Trade
“My father died from a disease when I was young. My mother recently has an operation, so she is too weak to labor. … I am grateful that I can have a chance to go to university with the charity’s help. I will make full use of my time and energy to study hard.”

Tian Shiyuan
Hometown: Wangliu, Henan
Major: Law
“My father died by a three-wheeled car when I was young. My elderly sister had to drop out of school to support the whole family when she was a junior high school student. As a law school student, I want to promote equality and justice in my country and in the world.”

Wang Chenghong
Hometown: Hanzhuang, Yunnan
Major: Finance
“My family gets an acre of field and my parents work on it every day. I want to be a manager assistant. I know it’s a challenging work, but I think I can be a capable assistant if I prepare myself well.”

Wang Yan
Hometown: Bonan, Yunnan
Major: Drug Law Enforcement
“My father was addicted to drugs, so he was forced to go to rehabilitation center. So actually I live with my grandmother and we have no income except her living allowance and her farm work. My major and my father’s taking-drug experience enhance my determination to do jobs related to the drug control. I can use my knowledge and my passion to help people get rid of drugs.”

Xiang Rengbo
Hometown: Furong, Hunan
Major: Law
“Because of less arable land, part of which was expropriated for building roads, my parents have no choice but to work in the south China. Thanks to the help from the social kind persons and the state loans for students I have been studying.”

Yu Fangbo
Hometown: Ankang, Shaanxi
Major: Social Work
“My parents have no permanent job but do some part-time jobs to support my sister and me. I love going to university, and I believe this is the only place I can make my dream come true and help my family in the future.”

Yu Lanjie
Hometown: Yulong county, Lijiang, Yunnan
Major: Public Management
“I will study harder to perfect myself and improve my capacity. After graduating from college, I would select to go back to work for my hometown. I hope to be an excellent teacher to cultivate more qualified persons ,to help them to change the poor situation in border regions.”