A magazine named after Lei Feng, China's poster good samaritan during the Mao Zedong era, was launched Friday in Beijing.
The magazine, "Lei Feng," supervised by the People's Publishing House, narrates stories of modern time good samaritans and shares organizations' and individuals' good practices in learning from Lei Feng, to encourage society to uphold socialist core values, according to Li Dongdong, chief of the editor board of the magazine.
The magazine's website and mobile version, including a portal website "Lei Feng," and a WeChat app account called "Haorenleifeng" will be made available gradually.
They will issue a monthly rank of good Chinese samaritans with another website, and cover model volunteer teams in cooperation with China Volunteer Service Federation.
Lei Feng was a soldier who died tragically young in the early 1960s after devoting his life to selflessly helping the needy. On March 5, 1963, Chairman Mao Zedong and other leaders made a call for Chinese to learn from Lei Feng. Later, March 5 was designated each year to be a "Lei Feng Day" to commemorate him. Chinese are taught about his altruism from childhood.
