Since the launch of Spring Bud Project in 2004, the Group has taken initiatives to help female dropouts to finish their compulsory education, under which a total of more than 20,000 students in the four provinces of Sichuan, Gansu, Guizhou and Hunan completed their elementary school education. During 2006-2008 academic years, the Group also sponsored 3,320 girls under the Spring Bud Project in these four provinces to complete their high school studies.