Professor donates savings to university

Shen Shizhao, an academician at the Chinese Academy of Engineering and a professor at the Harbin Institute of Technology in Heilongjiang province, on Friday donated his savings of 3 million yuan ($420,000) to the institute's education development foundation to support the construction of the School of Civil Engineering.

"I have been studying and working at HIT for 70 years, and it is more like my home," Shen said after receiving the Education Contribution Award medal and donation certificate from Xiong Sihao, Party secretary of HIT. "It is meaningful for me to contribute to the training of talent at the institute with my savings."

Shen was born in Jiaxing, Zhejiang province, in 1933.