Shi Jingyi, president of a publishing company in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, recently donated 1,675 books to Jinggangshan, an old revolutionary base area in east China's Jiangxi Province which has drawn an increasing number of tourists in recent years.

Shi, also a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, has donated over three million books to public libraries, schools and research institutes across China since 1978.

To date, he has donated over 5,000 books to Jinggangshan, with a total value of over 360,000 yuan (about US$ 43,373).

His recent donation is now available to readers at two public libraries in the old revolutionary base.

Shi was granted an honorary doctor's degree by the Beijing University in 1998.

( People's Daily December 15, 2001 )