Editing Li Lu (section)

==Philanthropy & other activities==
In May 2021, Li Lu alongside several Asian-American business leaders, including Jerry Yang, co-founder of Yahoo, and Joseph Tsai, co-founder of Alibaba, launched [[The Asian American Foundation|The Asian American Foundation (TAAF)]] a nonprofit organization with $125 million in initial commitments from the board. TAAF's mission statement is to serve the 23 million Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) in three key areas: anti-hate programs, education, and data and research.<ref name="ax">{{cite news |last=Ax |first=Joseph|title=Asian-American business leaders launch $250M effort to fight hate |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-foundation-launches-with-125-mln-business-leaders-combat-anti-asian-hate-2021-05-03/ |access-date=16 August 2021 |publisher=Reuters |date=3 May 2021}}</ref> Li Lu serves as co-founder and chairman of the board of The Asian American Foundation (TAAF).<ref name="taaf">{{cite web |url=https://www.taaf.org/our-team |title=Our Team |website=The Asian American Foundation |access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref> Since launch, TAAF has raised over $1 billion to support AAPI communities.<ref name="hadero">{{cite news |last=Hadero |first=Haleluya |title=Foundation raises $1 billion to fight anti-Asian hate |url=https://apnews.com/article/philanthropy-government-and-politics-business-99f4fed13cdc9938c4cbd6e156d701bb |access-date=16 August 2021 |publisher=Associated Press |date=20 May 2021}}</ref>

In January 2020, Li Lu co-founded the Guardians of the Angeles Charitable Foundation to combat the global COVID-19 crisis and now serves as Chairman of the Board of the Foundation.<ref>[https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2020/0518/For-US-China-groups-the-adversary-is-COVID-19-not-a-country "For US-China groups, the adversary is COVID-19 – not a country,"] The Christian Science Monitor, 18 May 2020, retrieved 15 September 2021</ref>

In May 2010, Li Lu helped to translate and publish the Chinese version of ''Poor Charlie's Almanack, The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger'' ({{ISBN|978-7-208-08994-5}}) in China and wrote a foreword for the book.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.cn/mn/detailApp/480-1065538-2749247?ref=DT_BG&uid=480-1065538-2749247&prodid=zjbka03nwz |title=Chinese version of Poor Charlie's Almanack |publisher=Amazon.cn |access-date=July 25, 2011}}</ref> In 2020, Li Lu wrote and published a book in China titled ''Civilization, Modernization, Value Investment and China''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Case Study: Li Lu's Investment in Timberland |url=https://www.gurufocus.com/news/1248023/case-study-li-lus-investment-in-timberland- |access-date=2024-04-08 |website=www.gurufocus.com |language=en}}</ref>

Li Lu currently serves as a trustee of [[Columbia University]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.columbia.edu/news/alexander-navab-and-li-lu-elected-columbia-board-trustees|title=Alexander Navab and Li Lu Elected to Columbia Board of Trustees {{!}} Columbia News|website=news.columbia.edu|access-date=2019-12-17}}</ref> and [[California Institute of Technology]] (Caltech).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Board of Trustees|url=http://www.bot.caltech.edu/trustees|website=www.bot.caltech.edu |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211016062450/http://bot.caltech.edu/trustees |archive-date=2021-10-16 |url-status=live}}</ref>