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Ｙｕ　Ｓｈｕｆａｎ　ａｎｄ　Ｈｅｒ　“Ｃｈｉｌｄｒｅｎ” 　　CHANG Weiguang is a postgraduate majoring in electronic engineering at the Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics. When he received an admission letter for a doctor’s degree from Canada’s McGill University, the first thing he thought of was telling Yu Shufan. Like many others, Chang owes his education to Yu’s philanthropic efforts. 　　Yu funded Chang from his first year of college in 2001. “She is very kind,” he says fondly. Yu not only provided money, explains Chang, but also cared about his family and all aspects of his life. “Her care really warmed the heart of a poor student who had just arrived in Beijing,” he recalls. Like many of Yu’s “children,” Chang still visits the charitable elder every month, keeping her up-to-date on his life and study. 　　 　　Yu Shufan is a 79-year-old retiree from China International Book Trading Corporation. Since 1996, she has helped fund the education of Chang and eight other college students to the tune of RMB 1,000 per student each year. 　　Yu began helping students in 1996, when she came across a newspaper story about the plight of a poor undergraduate at Peking University. She talked with her son about the possibility of helping, but when they went to the university they found somebody else had already stepped forward to lend a hand. University staff suggested another student in need of assistance: Sun Yuangen of the School of Physics. 　　Born to a poor family in Xinyang City, Henan Province, Sun was an outstanding student, who had attained second place in the National Mathematics Contest. Yu’s funds helped him finish his degree and he is now manager of Datang Telecom’s Technical Department. Even though 10 years have passed since Yu began giving him financial assistance, Sun visits her every year to offer thanks and pay his respects. 　　In 2001, Yu started funding Wang Xiaoyan, who was also studying at Peking University, in the Health Science Center. Throughout her eight years of stu