Editing Run Run Shaw (section)

==Philanthropy==

[[File:香港中文大学逸夫科学大楼-CUHK Shaw Building.jpg|thumb|Run Run Shaw Science Building, [[Chinese University of Hong Kong]]]]

[[File:Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital.JPG|thumb|[[Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital]] in [[Hangzhou]], China]]

Over the years, Shaw donated HK$6.5&nbsp;billion to charities, schools and hospitals in Hong Kong and mainland China through the Sir Run Run Shaw Charitable Trust and the Shaw Foundation,<ref name="funeral"/> including donations of HK$4.75&nbsp;billion to educational institutions in mainland China, which helped to build 6,013 construction projects ranging from primary schools to university libraries.<ref>{{cite news |title=教育部：邵逸夫已向内地教育捐款近47.5亿港币 |trans-title=Chinese Ministry of Education: Run Run Shaw had donated HK$4.75 billion to education in Mainland China |url=http://www.chinanews.com/edu/2014/01-07/5708710.shtml |access-date=8 January 2014 |date=7 January 2014}}</ref> More than 5,000 buildings in China's college campuses bear Shaw's Chinese name, "Yifu", which has become so ubiquitous that many mistake it as a generic name.<ref name="chinadaily"/> [[Shaw College (Hong Kong)|Shaw College]], the fourth constituent college of the [[Chinese University of Hong Kong]], is also named after him, whose donations made the establishment of the college possible.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.shaw.cuhk.edu.hk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8&Itemid=12&lang=en |title=History of College |publisher=Shaw College |access-date=11 January 2014}}</ref> His other major donations include 10 million British pounds in 1990 to help establish the Run Run Shaw Institute of Chinese Affairs at [[Oxford University]],<ref name="NYT"/> and US$13&nbsp;million for disaster relief after the [[2008 Sichuan earthquake]].<ref name="The Hollywood Reporter"/>

===Shaw Prize===

In 2002, Shaw established an international award, the [[Shaw Prize]], for scientists in three areas of research, namely [[astronomy]], mathematics, and [[life science|life]] and [[medical science]].<ref>{{cite news |date=6 January 2014 |title=Pioneering movie producer Run Run Shaw dies |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/pioneering-movie-producer-run-run-shaw-dies-at-age-107 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140107080123/http://www.cbsnews.com/news/pioneering-movie-producer-run-run-shaw-dies-at-age-107/ |archive-date=2014-01-07 |access-date=2025-03-16 |work=[[CBS News]] |agency=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref> The award is up to US$1&nbsp;million, and the first prize was awarded in 2004.