Wang Tianxi, member of NPC Law Committee and chairman of Yunnan National Culture Development Foundation, delivered a speech at the donation ceremony. He said that the profession of teachers is lofty and sacred, especially in poor and remote mountainous areas, and their contribution to the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is indelible. It is understood that Thaung Myint, a well-known Beijing writer, donated 480,000 yuan to support 603 sick teachers.
"Yunnan Red Candle Project" was initiated by Comrade Wang Tianxi on 1997. Since the launch of the activity, Zhou Wenping, a female teacher with lupus erythematosus in Dongchuan District, and Zhao Qi and Hu Qiong, a female teacher with breast cancer in Zhenxiong County, have been rescued; A series of donation activities were carried out to Eryuan County, Cangyuan County, Ximeng County, Longchuan County and four schools for the deaf and the disabled in Kunming. After the donation ceremony, Wang Tianxi and his party also visited the teachers and students of Yunxian No.1 Middle School and Xiaodukou Primary School, and sent them solatium and school supplies. Wang Tianxi said that in the future, under the unified leadership of the Foundation, the "Red Candle Project" will fully build and make good use of this platform, extensively carry out fund-raising activities, contact caring people to offer love, care for education in poor mountainous areas, and care for sick people and substitute teachers in poor mountainous areas.