Many sectors of Chinese society mourned the death of renowned Hong Kong philanthropist and prominent industrialist Tin Ka-ping, who died at the age of 99 in the city on Tuesday morning.Leading the tributes was the central government's top representative in Hong Kong, Wang Zhiming, director of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Wang expressed his sorrow over Tin's death on Wednesday.He said he respected and appreciated Tin's lifelong love for the country and his great contribution to education in China.Tin cared about society and promoted public welfare in ways that will benefit future generations, Wang said.Joining him was Hong Kong's Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor. She said on Tuesday that Tin not only made significant contributions to the industrial development of Hong Kong but was also devoted to philanthropy over the past few decades, both in the special administrative region and on the mainland.Lam said she was grieved to learn of Tin's passing and extended condolences to his family.Hong Kong's Secretary for Education Kevin Yeung Yunhung said the Tin Ka Ping Foundation funded various educational institutions, from kindergartens to universities, as well as several scholarship and exchange programs that benefit a large number of local students.Born in Guangdong province, Tin moved to Hong Kong in 1958. He was successful in his early days in the chemicals business and later made a fortune in real estate. He devoted his life to promoting the development of charities, donating 80 percent of his total assets to different fields, especially education.So far, the foundation, a nonprofit charity founded by Tin in 1982, has funded 318 education institutions, more than 1,800 rural libraries, 29 hospitals and about 130 bridges and roads across 34 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions in China.Educational institutions that were funded by Tin in both Hong Kong and the mainland also expressed both sorrow and appreciation.The University of Hong Kong said that Tin was a selfless educator and philanthropist who had contributed immensely to the development of teaching, learning and research in Hong Kong and on the mainland.Zhejiang University posted a tribute to Tin on its social media account. Tin provided money to establish the Tin Ka Ping Academy on the Xixi campus of the university. As it is the place where most students go for classes, the building bears witness to students' growth, the university said.Tin's name and the building have been integrated into the university, the post said.Other universities and middle schools in different provinces, including Guangdong, Sichuan, Yunnan, Jiangsu, also mourned Tin. All of them have received donations. black wristbandswrist band coupon codecustom fidget spinnersrubber wristbands custom cheapdebossed wristband
The Gaofen-6 Earth observation satellite, atop a Long March-2D rocket, blasts off on Saturday. WANG JIANGBO/XINHUA China launched a new Earth observation satellite, Gaofen-6, on Saturday, mainly for use in agricultural research and disaster monitoring. The Gaofen-6 was launched with a Long March-2D rocket at 12:13 pm from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region. Luojia-1, a scientific satellite, was blasted into space on the same rocket. It was the 276th mission of the Long March rocket series. Weighing 1,064 kilograms and with a designed life of eight years, Gaofen-6 has functions similar to those of Gaofen-1, but with better cameras. Its high-resolution images can cover a larger area, the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense said. Gaofen-6 can observe chlorophyll and other nutritional content of crops, and help predict yields of corn, rice, soybeans, cotton, peanuts and other commodities, said Tong Xudong, chief engineer of the Gaofen satellite series. Its data will also be applied in monitoring natural disasters such as droughts and floods, evaluating agricultural projects and surveying forest and wetland resources, Tong said. Developed by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, it will orbit in a constellation array with other Gaofen satellites. Since the Gaofen project began in 2010, China has had an increasingly clearer view of the planet. Gaofen-2, sent into space in August 2014, is accurate to 0.8 meters in full color and can collect multispectral images of objects greater than 3.2 meters in length. Gaofen-4, launched in late 2015, is China's first geosynchronous orbit, high-definition optical imaging satellite. Gaofen-3, launched in August 2016, is China's first synthetic aperture, radar-imaging satellite. Gaofen-5, launched in May, has improved spectral resolution. The project has helped reduce China's dependence on foreign remote-sensing satellite data. Xinhua
