Yu Pengnian, a Chinese real estate magnate and philanthropist, died in Shenzhen on May 2, at 93.
余彭年，中国房地产大亨和慈善家，5月2日逝世于深圳，享年93岁。
On a monument in Changsha’s Wuyi Square Tunnel set up in 1988, local government listed in detail the donations that Yu has made to Hunan province since 1981, totalling 16 million yuan ($2.58 million).
1988年长沙五一广场地下通道的一座纪念碑上，当地政府记下了自1981年以来余彭年给湖南省的捐赠，共计1600万人民币（258美元）
Yu, also known as Peng Lishan, was born in Lianyuan city, Hunan province in 1922. He started giving to charity in the early 1980s and has built more than 20 charity projects in Hunan province alone. His charity has funded over 300,000 cataract operations across China since 2003 and helped establish a number of Project Hope schools in the western rural areas.
余彭年，原名彭立珊，1922年出生于湖南省涟源市。自20世纪80年代起，他就开始慈善之举，仅在湖南省就建立了20多个慈善项目。自2003年以来，他捐助了30万余白内障手术，并在西部边远地区建立了很多个希望小学。
In 1988, Yu donated 20 buses to Changsha municipal government. A new bus route called “Lishan Special Line” has been running ever since, from Changsha railway station to Dongfanghong Square in Hunan University.
1988年，余彭年给长沙市政府捐赠20辆公交车，命名为“立珊专线”，从长沙火车站开往湖南大学东方红广场。
Yu also funded the Changsha Wuyi Square tunnel project, the illuminated fountain at Changsha Railway Station, a rescue center, and the Peng Lishan Changsha Foundation.
余彭年还捐资建设立珊中学、长沙五一广场地道工程、火车站大型彩灯喷泉、彭立珊救护中心、彭立珊长沙福利基金会等。
Yu founded the Yu Pengnian Foundation in 2002, which is mandated to make donations to health, education and disaster relief. In 2010, he donated his remaining fortune worth 3.2 billion yuan to the foundation.
2002年余彭年还设立了余彭年基金会，旨在资助健康，教育和救灾。2010年，余彭年把自己剩余财富价值32亿元捐赠给此基金会。
The real estate tycoon thus donated all his assets of 8.2 billion yuan ($1.2 billion) to charity, making him China’s top philanthropist. "This will be my last donation. I have nothing more to give away," he said five years ago.
这位房地产大亨就此捐助了自己价值82亿（12亿美元）的财产，当之无愧的成为中国大慈善家。“这将成为我最后一次捐赠，因为我已一无所有。”五年余彭年这样说。
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