Year in review: Most inspirational figures of 2019

4. Ye Lianping

92-year-old Ye Lianping is a retired teacher from Buchen village in East China's Anhui province who has devoted his life to the cause of education. Since 2000, Ye has been teaching left-behind children in the village Chinese and English free of charge during summer vacations. To date, he estimates more than 1,000 children have attended his lessons. In 2012, he set up the Ye Lianping Scholarship Fund using his own money, as well as donations from the local government and society. So far, it has subsidized 132 outstanding students living with financial difficulties.

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