Meet the people who touched China in 2016
By Ma Chi | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2017-02-13 11:10
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Qin Yuefei. [Photo by Deng Jia/Asianewsphoto] |
Qin Yuefei
In 2011, Qin Yuefei, a 27-year-old who graduated from Yale University, decided to enter public service as an entry-level assistant in a remote village in Hunan province.
In Hejiashan village, the 27-year-old Yale graduate has raised more than 800,000 yuan ($116,000) to renovate dilapidated canals, pave roads, renovate the nursing home and procure tablet computers for the students. Villagers fondly call him "Brother Yale".
Qin also founded a project called Serve for China, which is dedicated to bringing young talented Chinese people to help alleviate poverty in rural areas.
