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崔如琢向故宫博物馆捐款1亿元

The Beijing Palace Museum has received a donation of 100 million Yuan, some 15 million US dollars, from the artist Cui Ruzhuo.

北京故宫博物馆收到艺术家崔如琢先生1亿元人民币捐款(约1500万美元)。

 
It's the biggest cash donation by a single donor to be received by the museum.
 
The curator Shan Qixiang has expressed his appreciation of the artist's generosity, and the museum's vice-curator Wang Yamin has already set out a tentative plan for how the money might be used. 
 
One fifth will go towards the preservation of relics, with the rest being used for staff training and research.
 
Cui earned the 100 million yuan by selling one of his paintings to the chairman of Star River Property Holding, Ltd., a real estate company in south China's Guangdong Province.