[Suggested headline] Thumb Project Arrives in Zhengzhou: 43rd "Loving Wenzhou · Charity Across the World" Thumb Project & Lanshu Puti Foundation Donation Ceremony Held at Zhengzhou Renji Hospital

In the Green City of Zhengzhou, midsummer breathes at its fullest, and so does the warmth of charity. On July 25, a heartfelt pledge spanning a thousand miles arrived as promised. The 43rd "Loving Wenzhou · Charity Across the World" Thumb Project charity event, together with the Lanshu Puti Foundation charitable donation ceremony, was held grandly at the South Campus of Zhengzhou Renji Hospital. Top domestic expert teams in the diagnosis and treatment of hand and foot deformities, representatives of charitable organizations, and medical peers from the Central Plains region gathered by the banks of the Yellow River, putting benevolence into action to fulfill their original aspiration and lifting up the hope of a new life for children from impoverished families.

Benevolence Converges: A New Chapter of Public Welfare Opens in the Central Plains

At 8:00 a.m., the event kicked off amid a warm atmosphere. As the host of this event, Zhengzhou Renji Hospital welcomed this charitable undertaking with its commitment of over two decades to "a benevolent heart that serves the public." In his address, President Hou Jianxi of Zhengzhou Renji Hospital expressed sincere gratitude to the expert teams who had traveled from afar—Professor Gao Weiyang, Professor Fang Yousheng, Professor Yu Yadong, and others—as well as to the Lanshu Puti Foundation for its generous support.

President Hou noted that the Thumb Project is a banner in the national field of charitable medical assistance. Its landing at Zhengzhou Renji Hospital is both a recognition of the hospital's professional capability in hand and foot surgery and a weighty social responsibility. Since its founding, Renji Hospital has cumulatively aided more than 2,000 children with disabilities. This deeply ingrained philanthropic ethos coincides perfectly with the Thumb Project's founding mission: "never let any child in need give up treatment for lack of money."

Top-Tier Empowerment: A Two-Way Journey of Medicine and Charity

At the event, Professor Gao Weiyang and Professor Fang Yousheng of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, together with other authoritative experts in the field of congenital malformations in China, delivered enthusiastic speeches. They pointed out that the "Thumb Project" does more than mend little hands—it holds up a bright sky for a child's future.

□ Professor Gao Weiyang of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University lecturing

□ Professor Yu Yadong of the Third Hospital of Hebei Medical University lecturing

□ Professor Sun Liying of Beijing Jishuitan Hospital lecturing

□ Professor Ding Jian of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University lecturing

□ Professor Wang Anyuan of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University lecturing

□ Professor Bai Huikai of Henan Provincial People's Hospital lecturing

□ Professor Bai Chenping of Zhengzhou Orthopaedics Hospital lecturing

□ Vice President Xie Shuqiang of Zhengzhou Renji Hospital lecturing

Witnessed by the attending guests, a solemn unveiling and group-photo ceremony was held. Subsequently, a high-level academic symposium unfolded in quick succession. Professors Gao Weiyang, Fang Yousheng, Yu Yadong, Sun Liying, and other experts delivered lucid and accessible lectures on topics such as the pathologic anatomy of thumb polydactyly, the diagnosis and treatment of thumb hypoplasia, and surgical strategies for crab-claw thumb duplication. This innovative practice—integrating charitable relief with academic succession—provided a valuable platform for exchange and learning for hand-surgery colleagues across Henan Province, aiming to achieve the long-term goal of "treating one person, bringing happiness to a family, and empowering a region."

Charity Across the World: The Promise to Safeguard Life Never Ceases

This event not only clarified treatment plans for many children with hand and foot deformities who came drawn by the experts' reputation, but also tangibly enhanced the technical level of congenital deformity diagnosis and treatment in the Central Plains through surgical observation and hands-on mentoring. Zhengzhou Renji Hospital solemnly pledged to take this event as an opportunity to continuously deepen its cooperation with the Thumb Project team, improve its in-hospital charitable relief mechanism, broaden relief channels, and enable more children from impoverished families to access national-level quality medical services right at their doorstep.

A healthy hand carries a child's future and a family's hope. This "Thumb Project" visit to Zhengzhou provided surgeries for more than 30 children from impoverished families. It was not only the implementation of a charitable initiative, but also a convergence of love across regions. In the future, Zhengzhou Renji Hospital will join hands with the "Thumb Project" and press forward with perseverance along this warm path, so that the light of charity illuminates the healthy childhoods of even more children.