The Nantong Economic and Technological Development Area's charity foundation has collected 163,900 yuan ($26,780) as of Aug 30, before the school year begins, to benefit 114 students from poor families. Each student will get 500 to 3,000 yuan for school bills.
When the donation for students started this year, kind-hearted people from all walks of life came to contribute, including staff from enterprises and public institutions. An elderly man, Mo Wensui, was the first to give 1,000 yuan. Since late July, the foundation has received 88,500 yuan from individuals and 59 institutions.
The NETDA Free Trade Zone got the original go-ahead, on Jan 3, 2013, from the State Council, for a 5.29-sq-km area, in two parts.
Suzhou-Nantong science & technology industrial park
Equipment manufacturing industrial park
Urban-rural commercial zone
Nengda central business district
New materials industrial park
Medical treatment & health industrial park
Sci-tech industrial park
Precision machinery industrial park