On this day, 31 years ago, on July 22, 1994 (June 14, 1994, the first Soong Ching Ling Scholarship was awarded in Shanghai. On July 22, 1994, the first Soong Ching Ling Scholarship was awarded in Shanghai. 300 primary and secondary school students across the country received this award. This award, jointly established by the then State Education Commission and China Welfare Association, is the highest honorary award for primary and secondary school students in the country and is awarded every three years. This is Zhang Lin (second from left), winner of the first Soong Ching Ling Scholarship, one of the top ten teenagers in the country, and a student at Shanghai Xiangming Middle School, with her classmates.