According to news from Zijin Finance on January 7, a New Year's greeting letter from billionaire Liu Qiangdong, sent to the villagers of Quang Minh (Suzhou) has spread widely.
In the letter, he wrote: “Dear elders, teachers, old classmates, brothers, sisters and children in Quang Minh village, hello everyone! Tet is coming, I wish everyone a prosperous new year...”.
Liu Qiangdong announced that he would send New Year gifts to the villagers of Guangming, with each household receiving gifts worth thousands of yuan. Each senior over 60 years old would receive 10,000 yuan in cash. The gifts included mobile phones for the elderly, electric cars, and hearing aids.
In his New Year's greetings, Liu Qiangdong also promised that he had prepared cash envelopes worth 100,000 yuan for all primary school teachers in Guangming Village.
Each household received gifts worth between 6,000 and 8,000 yuan. In addition, he prepared cash envelopes worth 10,000 yuan for hundreds of people over 60 years old in the village.
11 trucks carrying Tet gifts arrived at Quang Minh village on January 7, and are expected to deliver gifts to people continuously until January 10.
Mr. Truong Lap Tan, the village secretary, said that the Tet gifts that billionaire Luu gave to the people this year were more than last year.
Liu Qiangdong, chairman of JD.com, has a net worth of $6.6 billion. This is not the first time he has given money and gifts to his hometown. Since the 2015 Lunar New Year, he and his wife Zhang Zetian, a famous Chinese milk tea hot girl, returned to their hometown and gave each of more than 650 people over 60 10,000 yuan.
During the 2018 Lunar New Year, he sent gifts ranging from food to household items to more than 800 households in the village. During the 2024 Lunar New Year, Liu Qiangdong also gave away more than 1,000 fur coats and more than 1,000 gift boxes to the people.
Liu Qiangdong was born in 1974 in Guangming Village, Suyu District, Suzhou City. His parents made a living by fishing. He was raised by his grandmother from a young age, taking care of his younger sister and doing housework.
When Liu Qiangdong was the first student in his village to get into college but was unable to enroll due to poverty, the village chief called on his neighbors to help. The whole village contributed 500 yuan and 76 eggs for Liu to enroll.
Since becoming famous, this billionaire has continuously helped Suzhou attract investment and solve employment problems. He invested 4.5 billion yuan to develop an information technology park in Suzhou. Liu Qiangdong also donated 100 million yuan to help develop local education.
