Introduction to Jimei Mei Village: Tan Kah Kee has donated more than 100 million yuan to support education in his hometown since 1913. Over the past 100 years, Jimei has built primary schools, middle schools, normal schools, kindergartens, fisheries and navigation schools, commercial schools, agriculture and forestry schools, as well as a science museum (i.e. College of Engineering and Technology), a library and a hospital. In 1921, Jimei also established He donated money to found Xiamen University. Such a school village built with individual donations is not only unique in China, but also extremely rare in the world.

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