Andy Lau's heart of giving

Hong Kong actor Andy Lau celebrates with his trophy after winning the Best Actor award for "A Simple Life" at the 31st Hong Kong Film Awards, April 15, 2012.[Photo/Agencies]

Andy Lau's contribution to charity is omnipresent. 

He is always one of the first celebrities to initiate donations or benefit performances whenever natural disasters take place.

In 1991, Andy donates 5 million RMB (about $785,240) for victims of East China flood. In 2001, he provided 2000 cotton-padded clothes for people in snowstorm-hit Inner Mongolia autonomous region.

In 2008, Lau donated 100,000 RMB (about $15,704) to victims of Wenchuan earthquake. Moreover, the Andy Lau Charity Foundation offered 600,000 Hong Kong Dollars (about $77,329) to support Sichuan earthquake reconstruction projects.

After the Yushu earthquake, Lau, together with Jackie Chan, organized benefit performances and collected 280 million RMB (about 44 million USD) including his own donation of 200,000 RMB (about $31,409).