China's Internet users have selected 10 individuals as the 2016 grassroots heroes.

 

中国网民选出了2016年十大草根英雄。

 

The winners were announced and honored Saturday at an event sponsored by Xinhua News Agency.

 

He Xinglong, a village doctor who has been working in impoverished¹ villages for 16 years, was among the awarded heroes.

 

Liu Tianming, a migrant worker from the countryside, has raised over 3.5 million yuan (over 509,246 U.S. dollars) in the past 16 years, helping² over 300 left-behind children and raising the public awareness³ on charity.

 

Other heroes include Liu Mei, who has helped over 1,000 children and their parents combat autism over the past 11 years; Jiang Chuanchun, who is devoted⁴ to educating drug-addicts in drug rehabilitation⁵ centers; Wei Deyou, who has spent over five decades safeguarding the border in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous⁶ Region; and Li Jinlong, who saved 17 people in a flood in Bijie City in southwest China's Guizhou Province.

 

The event, held annually⁷ since 2010, is aimed to promote the good deeds of ordinary people and to improve moral awareness in society.

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