File photo taken on July 29, 2004 shows Zhou Biaoliang and her students at Hope Primary School of Pingguo county of Baise City, southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Zhou finished her study with the help of Project Hope. After graduation from college, she went back to her primary school to be a teacher as return. Project Hope, a Chinese program aiming at financing education for poverty-stricken students, celebrates its 30th anniversary on Oct. 30, 2019. The project was initiated by the China Youth Development Foundation (CYDF) and the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League of China in 1989, and has been supported by people from all walks of life since its establishment. As of September in 2019, Project Hope has received 15.23 billion yuan (about 2.16 billion U.S. dollars) in donations and aided over 5.99 million students in financial difficulty. A total of 20,195 primary schools were also built, according to the CYDF statistics. (Xinhua/Chen Ruihua)
