Shaw founded the Shaw Brothers film company in Hong Kong in 1958, which has produced more than 1,000 Chinese-language films, and his Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB, commonly known as TVB), which dominates the television industry in Hong Kong.
Since 1985, Mr. Shaw has been donating huge sums of money to education in China through the Shaw Foundation and the Ministry of Education for the construction of educational facilities, which amounted to nearly HK$4.75 billion in 2012, and the construction of 6,013 educational projects of various types. Over the years, it has donated more than HK$10 billion to social welfare and charitable affairs.
In 1974, Mr. Shaw was conferred the title of CBE by the Queen of England, and in 1977, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II, becoming the first person in Hong Kong's entertainment industry to be conferred the title of "Sir".
In 1990, the Chinese government named Planet 2899, a planet discovered in China, "Run Run Shaw Star", and in 1991, the city of San Francisco (USA) designated September 8 as "Run Run Shaw Day".
In 2002, the Shaw Prize, known as the Nobel Prize of the East, was established to honor scientists with outstanding achievements in mathematics, life science and medicine, and astronomy.
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Shaw is not the richest man in Hong Kong, but he is one of the top philanthropists among the tycoons of Hong Kong, and his influence in Hong Kong stems from his film and television empire. kingdom, while his reputation on the mainland is largely due to his charitable donations.
According to statistics, Shaw has donated more than 10 billion Hong Kong dollars to social welfare and charitable affairs over the years, and has built more than 6,000 educational and medical projects. Especially for the cause of education and science and technology, Run Run Shaw donated funds for education throughout the land, a number of institutions of higher learning throughout China have Shaw named "Run Run Shaw Building".
The construction of a number of tertiary institutions in Hong Kong, such as the Shaw College of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, the Shaw Building of the University of Hong Kong, and the Shaw Library of the City University of Hong Kong, was funded by Shaw's donations.
In 1973, Shaw set up the Shaw Foundation, and since 1985, he has donated an average of more than $100 million a year to the mainland in support of various social causes.
In 1977, Shaw donated $6 million to help the government build the Hong Kong Arts Center, and at the same time advocated for the Hong Kong Arts Festival, of which he was then chairman, and in 1985, he donated $10 million to help conserve the murals in the Mogao Caves in Dunhuang.
After 1987, Shaw, who has his roots in Ningbo, also devoted a great deal of love to his hometown. Not only did he return to his hometown many times to visit his family, but he also donated more than 40 million yuan to help develop education and cultural undertakings.
The projects include the Run Run Shaw Library in the western district of Ningbo University, the Dongluyuan Library at Yunnan University, the Student Activity Center on the Qufu campus of Qufu Normal University, the Run Run Shaw Teaching Building, the Run Run Shaw Theater, and Kang Leyuan, his ancestral home. He has also made huge donations in other parts of Zhejiang, such as his donation of nearly 100 million yuan for Hangzhou Shaw Hospital.
As early as the early 1990s, the provincial and municipal governments awarded him the titles of "model of love for his hometown" and "honorary citizen" in recognition of his important contributions to the development of his hometown.
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