[InKunming--Interviews Polls]  Joseph Needham, a famous British scientist, historian and sinologist, also known as Li Yuese in his Chinese name, was appointed by the U.K. government to aid Chinese people during anti-Japanese war period.

At that time, Joseph firstly flied from the U.K. to India. Then, he went through the renowned Hump air course from India to Yunnan, which was the land where Joseph set foot on in his earliest time in China.

After landing in Kunming, Joseph drove a 2-ton wagon to visit. He went to Southwest Associated University, and saw some Chinese professors and scientists doing researches there. Some professors of the university even did researches with some simple glasswares and chemicals in old temples and dilapidated ancestral halls.

The actions of these professors during the war period moved Joseph so much and ignited him to help them unhesitatingly.

Joseph managed to build scientific information exchange channel with the world for China, and purchased some scientific equipments and facilities that China urgently needed. He also personally organized the British Royal Air Force to transport those facilities by air to China.

Due to his great devotion to Yunnan, to Chinese people, and to Chinese scientific research, his philanthropic acts had been recorded in Yunnan's historical books and were remembered in Chinese people's hearts.

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(Editors: Cathy Chen, Tracy)