Introduction: Dongguan, a place where people are brilliant, is not only an important birthplace of Lingnan civilization, the beginning of China's modern history, and the forerunner of reform and opening up. From ancient times to the present, Dongguan talents are born, nothing else, and look at the vast and boundless sky, there is also an asteroid named after dongguan people, who is he? He is Mr. Fang Runhua of Houjie Town!
Born in 1924, Fong Yun-wah traveled to Hong Kong with his family at the age of 17 to earn a living, experiencing war, famine, turmoil and political upheaval. But he was not trapped by difficult conditions, but built a solid foundation with sweat, wisdom, integrity and love, and became a well-known industrialist, philanthropist and social activist in Hong Kong.
A person's wealth creation is always connected with society, looking back on the entrepreneurial process of decades, let him realize that the industry is strong, the emphasis is on education, and the youth is strong and the country is strong! When the motherland reform and opening up Fang Xing, Fang Runhua returned to his hometown, recalling the past, teenagers dropped out of school, war and displacement, and now that hundreds of industries are rejuvenated, it is urgent to relay talents, he resolutely donated funds to build Fang Zhaoyi Middle School, Fang Shuquan Hospital, and also funded the construction of Dongguan's first institution of higher learning - Dongguan Institute of Technology, committed to cultivating local scientific and technological talents.
Time flies, the year of the flower armor, his feelings are hot, out of Dongguan, footprints throughout the north and south of China's river, see some difficulties, all efforts to help. The two funds he has established are dedicated to promoting good deeds, and he has donated 120 primary schools, 32 secondary schools and 19 kindergartens to the Hope Project in China, as well as primary and secondary school libraries, education centers, industrial training centers, rehabilitation centers for the disabled and many others. From the first donation in 1956 to the construction of a primary school in his hometown of Dongguan, for more than 50 years, Fang Lao has funded more than 400 million yuan in education, medical care, science and technology in the mainland. All 31 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions across the country have his "Hope Project", and his relief for post-disaster support such as floods and earthquakes has his name of relief. Not only that, he also adhered to the family tradition of goodness, the establishment of Fang Shu Fu Tang and Fang Runhua Foundation, every year the income of the enterprise under his name to extract one-tenth of the income for charitable donations, he said: "As long as I live one day, run a school, do charity will not stop!" At the same time, he also contacted his colleagues in Hong Kong businessmen to contribute to the revitalization of the motherland, the blood is yellow blood, and the heart is the heart of China.
Although the creation of wealth is the achievement of personal efforts, the possession of wealth also lies in the prosperity of the family and the country. Although Fang Runhua is rich in money, but the enjoyment of life is not luxurious, into his old age, his home and country feelings are more profound, often with a forward-looking vision to examine the trend of world development and the dynamics of the frontier of science, using the existing opportunity to make friends with domestic and foreign dignitaries, celebrities, scholars, scientists. He resolutely decided to make friends with politicians and scholars from all over the world, and former US President Carter, former South Korean President Kim Young-sam, British Crown Prince Charles, yang Zhenning, Yau Sung-tong and other world-famous scholars are his pen pals. Fang Runhua said: "If you count the names of friends you have made, you can't count them in a few hours." He kept the letters he received from dignitaries and scholars in a thick folder of dozens of copies. He invited Dr. Yang Zhenning, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics, and Professor Qiu Chengtong, a world-renowned mathematician, to give lectures at Dongguan Institute of Technology, and served as honorary dean and honorary professor, which promoted the pace of talent education in Dongguan higher education.
(Fang ShuQuan Hospital donated by Fang Runhua)
So far, he has donated more than 300 projects across the country, benefiting education, medical care, scientific research and other fields, donating more than 200 schools alone, and sowing the seeds of hope to the frontier and mountainous areas. He focused his donations on the northwest, including areas inhabited by ethnic minorities such as Inner Mongolia. "I donate money to the Chinese Academy of Sciences to support graduate students to go to the northwest to engage in research work; I am very concerned about ethnic minorities, because ethnic minorities and Han chinese are one family; society needs balanced development, and one is indispensable." Among the many students who have been funded in previous years, Chen Jiaer, who studied abroad, later became the president of Peking University.
The great righteousness of the world, Fang Runhua's great spirit of love, touched the heavens and the earth, and even the planets in the sky paid tribute to him. In 1994, nominated by the Purple Mountain Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, selected by the International Asteroid Naming Committee, repeatedly reviewed and approved the name of Fang Runhua to crown a newly discovered asteroid, named "Fang Runhua Star", the international number is 5198. When the news came out, I was overjoyed that not only the Fang Runhua family, not only Dongguan, not only the people benefiting from all over the world, this is a national mark without honor! Since then, Lang Lang's Tianyu, following Confucius, Zhang Yuzhe, Guo Shoujing, Zu Chongzhi, Li Bai, Yixing, Chen Jiageng, Run Run Run Shaw, Wu Jianxiong, Zhang Guoxi, Zeng Xianzi, Tian Jiabing and other famous crown planets, "Fang Runhua Star" has been embellished in it. On November 11 of that year, the naming ceremony was held in Hong Kong.
(Fang Zhaoyi Middle School donated by Fang Runhua)
Fang Runhua's good deeds have also been carried forward at the National Space Launch Base, and the successful launch of the "Shenzhou V" manned spacecraft is undoubtedly a great honor for the people of the whole Chinese, and it is also an unprecedented great joy for the descendants of Yanhuang in the world. But what is less well known is that as early as the early 1990s, shortly after the beginning of China's aerospace industry, Mr. Fang Runhua donated money to the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan, China, in the name of the Fang Shu Fu Tang Fund and the Fang Runhua Fund, to fund the construction of the Aerospace Science and Technology Park. At the end of 1993, Mr. Hu Shixiang, then director of China's Xichang Satellite Launch Center and now deputy commander-in-chief of China's Aerospace Control and Command Center, wrote a letter praising this action. He wrote in the letter: On behalf of all the personnel of the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, I would like to thank you for showing your warm concern, active support and initiative to donate generously to the construction of the Aerospace Science and Technology Park, which is a great action to love China and spaceflight.
(Fang Runhua donated funds to promote the construction of Dongguan's first higher education institution - Dongguan Institute of Technology)
In order to alleviate the work pressure at the forefront of science and technology and enjoy the physical and mental health of the staff, Fang Runhua donated cultural centers and sports venues in xichang and jiuquan satellite launch centers, making the sky and the ground harmonious!
People often use candles and spring silkworms as a metaphor for diligence and dedication, and Fang Runhua is not like a candle? Along the way, Fang Runhua has won more than 100 honorary titles at home and abroad, received dozens of awards from the government and groups, won the Fourth National Top Ten Poverty Alleviation Award in 1997, won the title of China's Top Ten Construction Talents in 2006, won the "Leader" Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010, and won the "Outstanding Guanshang" at the World Guanshang Conference in 2012.
"Song Feng Shui Yue is not enough than its Qinghua, Xianlu Pearl Can Fang Si Lang Run." It is most appropriate to describe Fang Runhua.
Fang Runhua, the pride of Dongguan people!
Author: Ouyang Ying
Source: Dongguan Story