Ex-premier Zhu Rongji among top 100 Chinese philanthropists again   

朱镕基再登“捐赠百杰榜” 两年总计捐赠约4000万

昨天，中国公益研究院发布“2014中国捐赠百杰榜”。榜单显示，我国“亿”级捐赠者数量达到24位，创下历年来新高。百杰榜中，朱镕基为二度上榜，两年总计捐赠4000万元左右。[查看全文]

(ECNS) -- China's former premier Zhu Rongji has again made the Top 100 Chinese Philanthropists list, released by the China Philanthropy Research Institute for 2014.

Zhu made a total donation of 40 million yuan ($6.39 million) in 2013 and 2014, with funds mainly drawn from royalties earned via his book, published in September 2009.

He promised to use the money to improve learning among children and living conditions in poverty-stricken areas.

Last year marked a new high for the charitable cause with 24 donors giving away more than 100 million yuan, 6 times the figure of 2013.

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In 2014, total donations from China's top 100 philanthropists came to 30.416 billion yuan, a huge margin from the 14.7 billion yuan the year before.

The list also showed Guangdong province boasting the largest number of philanthropists with 25 on the list, while Beijing ranked second with 14.