Rich youngsters keen to spend on philanthropy

Offspring of wealthy show concern for public welfare with their work

Lu Xingyu dreams of becoming a professional philanthropist. Since December 2010, she has been devoted to a project to raise 1.5 billion yuan ($241 million) to build 1,000 primary schools in Africa.

But instead of praise and applause, the 25-year-old woman has faced overwhelming criticism by netizens after they saw her verified titles at Sina Weibo - a popular micro-blogging service - as director of the philanthropic center of the World Eminent Chinese Business Association and executive president of the China-Africa Project Hope.