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A | 盛夏逐梦，青春启航。
A long-awaited reunion that captured wide public attention unfolded on Sunday evening when American teacher Ronald Sakolsky and Yin Yuzhen, a model worker renowned for planting trees and combating desertification, reunited and embraced tearfully with overwhelming emotion at an airport in Ordos, North China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, after 27 years of separation across the ocean.
The reunion began with a single act of generosity in 1999. When Sakolsky arrived in China as a participant in a China-US education exchange program, he was moved by Yin and her husband's tireless efforts to curb desertification in the Mu Us Desert in Inner Mongolia. He raised $5,000 to fund their local tree-planting initiative. The young saplings they bought with the donation have since matured into more than 50,000 full-grown trees, transforming the once desolate, sandy wasteland into a thriving green landscape.
This hug, transcending time and distance, marked not only friendship between the two countries, but also showcased the sincerity of Chinese people and a green miracle made possible through continuous joint efforts.
At 2:48 am on early Sunday morning, Ronald Sakolsky arrived at Beijing Capital International Airport after over 10 hours of flight. As he stepped into the arrivals hall, he greeted the waiting reporters with earnest Putonghua "Wo hui lai le," meaning "I'm back."
"When I saw the lights in Beijing as we were landing is when I realized that I am back in my second home."
Asked what he is most looking forward to about this journey, Sakolsky told the Global Times that "I want to see Ms Yin, see the forests, see the students I have not seen for almost 30 years, my colleagues. I want to see the Chinese people."
He then flew to Ordos for the meeting with his desert reclamation partner.
Yin waited at the arrival gate at the airport in Ordos very early, murmuring English sentence she particularly learned for this occasion - "Welcome to China, my brother." Her eyes were fixed on the escalator and she wiped away her tears multiple times during the wait, the Global Times reporter observed.
Sakolsky said in earlier interview with the Global Times that he was looking forward to this reunion and could not hold his tears back when he thought of the moment. He was about to give Yin a hug when they meet.
When Sakolsky finally appeared in front of Yin, their eyes welled up. Stepping off the elevator, Sakolsky could barely contain his excitement, muttering "Oh my God, oh my God." They hurried toward each other and locked in a tight embrace at last - the long-awaited hug 27 years in the making.
"This is a dream come true, from a lady who is the hero of the story, not me," Sakolsky told the Global Times at the airport, barely holding his emotion. "She made a promise 27 years ago, and she kept her promise."
Talking about his donation almost three decades ago, Sakolsky said the purpose was to help her, "because she was beautifying the motherland."
Now, in response to an invitation to return to China for a trip to see the green planting from his donation and to returning to the city of Luoyang, Central China's Henan Province, where he taught in the exchange program for several years, Sakolsky noted that "China had done so much for me that I wanted to say thank you to China."
A return of kindness
For this reunion after 27 years, Yin had carefully prepared. Steamed buns, meaning "upward," fresh vegetables and fruits picked in the land transformed from desert.
Yin, never familiar with any foreign language, learned some English phrases, including "welcome to China" she practiced, "my brother" to greet Sakolsky, and "more, more" to persuade the American friend to eat more.
On Sunday, Yin did her hair and wore a red scarf alongside an outfit with a green shade, which she picked particularly for the reunion, as "green is the color of the Earth," as she told the Global Times.
Yin is not the only old friend that was looking forward to the reunion.
While Sakolsky was still on his over-10-hour flight from the US to Beijing, Bai Fan was also on the way - driving over 850 kilometers from Luoyang to Inner Mongolia. The journey would take a day and a half.
Bai was the vice principal of Luoyang Foreign Language School, overseeing international affairs. Sakolsky was an exchange teacher there through a China-US program, and was Bai's "neighbor right across the hall."
Why drive such a distance? Bai had prepared special cultural gifts - peony porcelain and Hanguan Kiln purple clay tea ware, distinctive local handicrafts that proved too bulky and fragile for air travel or high-speed rail.
Bai recalled Sakolsky's continuous interest in Chinese culture, and sending a replica of Terracotta Warriors to the US at Sakolsky's request. "I hope he can take these Luoyang elements and Chinese symbols to the world," Bai told the Global Times in a phone interview on Sunday.
Bai is also eager to see Sakolsky at a place that they had traveled together 27 years ago. When Sakolsky came to Luoyang for the exchange program, Bai was his designated liaison. Together, they traveled to the heart of the Mu Us Desert to deliver the $5,000 donation.
Bai still vividly remembers the desolate desert back then, where finger-thin saplings were watered ladle by ladle by Yin. At that time, Sakolsky had constant concerns about whether the tiny saplings could survive in the wasteland, which makes today's sprawling 50,000-tree forest even more miraculous.
The changed and unchanged
Things have changed over the past 27 years. While waiting for Sakolsky, Yin jokingly said he got less hair, and she would not be able to recognize him if running up to him on street.
The passage of time has brought far more than personal aging, according to Bai, another witness to the decades-long changes. "Everyone is growing older. Our families have expanded with more children, local communities have grown in population, and the surrounding environment is constantly evolving, just as our cities are undergoing profound transformations."
On a night tour in Ordos on Sunday, Sakolsky, watching a fountain light show, said that "it is a 21st century city, but it looks like a 22nd century city. In the 2000s, Chinese government made a promise to Chinese people to beatify this country, and they succeeded."
For Sakolsky, probably the most profound transformation lies in the depth of his human connection forged.
"27 years ago, we were just friends and acquaintances. We are brother and sister now. So much has happened since then, but the important thing is many people have seen the story and now they can also help to make China beautiful," he told the reporters.
Through joint efforts of people like Yin, the Mu Us Desert has turned from wasteland into a green oasis. China has contributed about 25 percent of the world's newly added green areas and taken the lead in achieving zero growth in land degradation, per official data.
Meanwhile, there are things unchanged, including a vintage photo of the three standing in the desert that has decorated Bai's office through all these years - a permanent reminder of their original aspiration.
This reunion will witness them retake the classic photo and plant new saplings together, expanding their green mission.
。为深入助力青年创新创业发展，搭建在校学生社会实践与创业体验的优质平台，近日，青岛市福利彩票中心联合青岛幼儿师范高等专科学校，于青岛福彩青年创业基地（延安三路135号）开展“青春逐梦 ‘彩’创未来——青岛福彩‘青春创业一日体验’”主题活动。10名年满18周岁的学生代表走进福彩，近距离了解福彩文化、体验行业实操、学习创业知识，真切感受公益事业的温暖底色与青年创业的蓬勃活力。毕业季是职业院校学生走出校园、对接社会、探索就业创业路径的关键节点。本次活动通过沉浸式参观、专业讲解与互动体验，帮助青年学生深入了解福彩公益事业发展与创业服务体系，拓宽创业视野、积累实践经验，引导青年树立正确的择业观、就业观。
活动现场，学生们先后走进青岛福彩党建引领示范厅，系统了解福利彩票发行意义、公益发展理念、青岛福彩发展历程以及公益金归集、使用与落地情况，通过图文、数据与实例，直观、全面地感受福彩的公益价值与社会责任。
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在实操体验环节，每位学生亲手参与投注机操作，独立完成彩票打印体验。现场工作人员结合实操场景，细致讲解各类彩票游戏玩法、日常销售服务常识，并重点解读面向青年群体的创业扶持举措。活动同步设置知识问答互动环节，工作人员围绕当日参观、学习、实操内容出题互动，答题正确的学生收获了专属奖品，在轻松氛围中巩固所学、收获体验。“这次一日体验活动内容特别丰富，完全改变了我之前对福彩、创业的看法。”青岛幼儿师范高等专科学校学生代表接受采访时说道，“以前我不了解福彩，这次才真切感受到它的公益意义，卖彩票不只是一份工作，更是做公益、帮群众的事业。我之前总觉得创业很难、离我们学生很远，今天详细了解福彩针对年轻人的创业扶持政策和门店运营流程，发现这也是一条适合我们年轻人的创业路子。这次学到不少实实在在的知识，对我帮助特别大。”活动相关负责人对本次体验活动进行总结，并鼓励在场青年学子立足青春、勇于探索、积极创业。她在采访中谈到：“青年是创新创业的生力军，也是公益事业的新生力量。我们希望通过沉浸式体验活动，让更多在校学生近距离了解福彩公益事业发展、创业服务体系，引导青年树立正确的就业创业观与社会公益观，助力青年学子逐梦启航。”活动现场，工作人员同步收集学生体验反馈，认真倾听青年学子对创业服务、实践活动的真实需求与优化建议，为后续常态化开展青年创业实践活动积累宝贵经验。作为全国首批试点城市，青岛福彩事业自1987年启航以来，已累计销售福利彩票417.87亿元，筹集福彩公益金118.42亿元，为社会公益事业发展注入了蓬勃动力。近年来，山东福彩持续推出“青春创业”帮扶计划，通过“百千万”行动——百日赋能扶持、千个空白区域定向推介、万元级建站费用减免等务实举措，切实降低青年创业门槛。
C | 青岛福彩“青年创业实践基地”集就业培训、创业指导、售彩体验、公益服务等多功能于一体，长期为青年群体提供稳定的就业实习、见习岗位和创业帮扶资源。未来，青岛市福利彩票中心将继续深化“公益搭台、市场运作、青年参与”模式，让更多怀揣梦想的青年在创业路上少走弯路、多获支持，在实现个人价值的同时，为社会福利和公益事业发展注入源源不断的青春动能。
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