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Hong Zhanhui, a 23-year-old college student, struck a chord in China with the story about his adoption of his sister and support of his troubled family...

Born to a poor peasant farmer's family at Hongzhuang, an outlying village in Xihua County, central China's Henan Province, Hong led a relatively peaceful life until an accident tore apart his five-member family 11 years ago. During one day in August 1994, Hong's father, Hong Xinqing, suddenly began smashing the furniture in their tile-roofed house. His crying mother was kicked to the ground and his one-year-old sister was grabbed by his father and lifted above his head.

"My full sister died, my dad went crazy and my mom was fractured," Hong, now 23, recalled as his eyes reddened at Huaihua Institute, a quiet university campus in central-south China's Hunan Province, where he studies. "It was such a nightmare."

His father was diagnosed with mental illness and then 12-year-old Hong felt like the sky had fallen. Deeply affected by his family's misfortune, Hong first encounter with wide-eyed Chenchen in an abandoned swaddle under a tree outside his village made him believe he was destined to adopt the child.

"You don't raise the baby, I'll take her," Hong told his mother,who considered finding another guardian for the infant. "Whatever happens, I won't leave her."

To add to his hardship, Hong's mother fled their home one day as she could no long stand the violence and pressure brought on by her mentally ill husband. The family collapsed and Hong had to bear the burden of looking after his sick father, his young brother and his new adopted sister. The nights were long as the hungry Chenchen wailed in wee hours and Hong couldn't find anything at their destitute home for her to suckle.

"All I could do is to take her in my arms, walk back and forth and rock her gently," Hong said. To keep the baby away from his insane father, Hong committed Chenchen to a relative's care after he begged nearby woman to feed her every morning before going to school. In the eyes of Hong's neighbors, he was a pathetic kid who had to bring up another one, work in the fields and earn money to buy ataractic for his sick father and support the family.

"At his age, other kids are usually naughty but Hong can handle adult problems," said Sun Liuzhuang, a village doctor and Hong's neighbor. Hong never complained to others about the pressures he endured."He rarely talked about his family and just stayed home, reading and studying," villagers said...Hong sold ball-point pens, books and tapes for learning English. "Many people looked down upon me for the peddling then," Hong recalled. "But I didn't care."

To take good care of his adopted sister, Hong first took her around with him in the county, then to his college about a thousand kilometers away from their home.

A special fund has been set up to support students who are suffering hardships in honour of a youngster whose bravery has touched countless hearts.

Several media outlets have reported the story of Hong Zhanhui, a 23-year-old college student in Huaihua of Hunan Province. Hong has been raising an adopted sister while looking after his mentally ill father after his mother walked out on them.

Hong Zhanhui plays with his younger sister Hong Chenchen. Chenchen is an abandoned girl and was adopted by Hong's family when she was little. [Xinhua]

While Hong, from Central China's Henan Province, constantly refuses public donations, wellwishers have come forward to help him and his family.

On Saturday, Hong's father was sent to the Luoyang Second Rongkang Hospital for free treatment provided by the hospital.

At the same time, Hong was sent to a hospital in Changsha, capital of Hunan Province, for free treatment as he had almost lost the sight in his left eye.

One of the biggest developments, however, is the launch of a fund named after Hong at Huaihua College, where he studies.

College bosses set it up at Hong's request, to give financial aid to poor college students across the country with good characters and academic performance. An initial sum of 100,000 yuan (US$12,345) has been put into the fund.

Xu Yunzhao, vice-governor of Central China's Hunan Province, also went to the hospital when Hong was being treated to award him a national scholarship of 4,000 yuan (US$494) on behalf of the Minister of Education to reward his spirit of endurance and courage.

The Hunan education authorities have promised to financially support Hong to study as far as he can.

Huaihua College, where Hong is pursuing a three-year associate diploma, has decided to recruit him into a bachelor degree programme with one more year's of study.

In a public thank-you letter, Hong said he was just doing what he should do in helping his family.

He said he declined public donations because he himself had passed the worst time and there were many other disadvantaged people who needed help much more than him.

"The most important thing is to face the hardships bravely and change the inferior condition with one's perseverance," Hong said.

Hong was born in 1982 and grew up in a poor rural family in Xihua County.

In 1994, Hong's father was struck with an intermittent mental illness, and would often disappear without warning. After one morning searching, Hong, then aged 12, found his father far away from the village, holding an abandoned baby girl in his arms.

The family adopted the girl, naming her Chenchen.

A year later, Hong's mother walked out because of beatings she suffered at the hands of her mentally ill husband. Hong's younger brother also left the family shortly afterwards.

Hong has since shouldered all the burdens on his own: to treat his father's illness, to bring up little Chenchen, and to educate himself.

He went to a senior high school in 1998, about 20 kilometres away from his village.

Hong rented a room nearby so that he could take better care of Chenchen.

To raise money, Hong would walk at weekends to a nearby book market nearly two hours away to buy textbooks from wholesalers and sell them in his school. During one journey there, his left eye was damaged when he was attacked by thugs.

Over the next few years, Hong split his time and energy between schooling and working, before being accepted into the Department of Economic Management of Huaihua College.

Last summer, after learning of Hong's hardships, the college provided a special room for Hong to take care of his sister.

He has now been able to send her to a primary school in the city of Huaihua.

Hong's mother has now returned home and his long-lost younger brother has got back in contact too.

Hong said his biggest wish is to cure his father's illness and to send Chenchen to college in the future.