Students move to help less-fortunate kids

As the national anthem was broadcast by the campus radio of Tianjin University on the morning of April 4－Qingming Festival, or Tomb-Sweeping Day－a group of students stood in line before presenting flower baskets and paying silent tribute to a statue of Zhang Tailei (1898-1927), the first member of the Communist Party of China in the northern municipality.

They were from the Tailei Class, a training program named for the martyr, whose members are recruited at the prestigious university via stringent tests including regular curricular studies and morality.

In their spare time, the members are dedicated to the study of Marxism, Socialism with Chinese Characteristics and taking part in the country's poverty-relief efforts.