explore china (00:48:49)

Discover China's many hidden gems: philosophy, art, education, and rural life — and see how the country's leaders are working to solve issues of the environment, human rights, and public health.

• grant: $25,000 - AnWu Elementary School

  For general operating support to further the organization's mission to provide an education to the underprivileged children living in the rural Chinese countryside in the village of Jiang Lu Township.

• grant: $100,000 - Beijing Cultural Development Center for Rural Women

  To provide support to further the organization's mission to promote the social development of China's rural women by providing information, training, and services in order to raise their ability for self-development.

• grant: $300,000 - Pacific Environment and Resources Center

  To protect the living environment of the Pacific Rim by promoting grassroots activism, strengthening communities, and reforming international policies. Grants between 2006-2012.

• grant: $502,500 - China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda

  Lifetime adoption of twin pandas, a 'Panda Cam' at the Wolong Nature Reserve, medical research and programs, and a sculpture to increase public awareness of panda conservation.

• grant: $100,000 - Museum of the Terracotta Warriors and Horses of Qin Shihuang

  To provide general operating support to further the conservation and administration of site excavation and for the exhibition and interpretation of the findings, research on the sites' histories, and development of new technologies for conservation.

• topic: culture

• location: anwu

• location: beijing

• location: lhasa

• location: shanghai

• location: wolong

• location: xi'an

• location: yangtze river