Tin Ka Ping

Tin Ka Ping (; 20 November 1919 – 10 July 2018), also known as K. P. Tin or Tian Jiabing, was a Hong Kong businessman and philanthropist. He was the founder and chairman of Tin's Chemical Industrial Company and the Tin Ka Ping Foundation.

Tin donated billions of Hong Kong dollars and funded hundreds of schools, dozens of hospitals, and thousands of rural libraries throughout China. He was awarded numerous honours for his philanthropy, including the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II, the Grand Bauhinia Medal by the Hong Kong government, a Gold Plate on Contribution to Public Welfare by President Lee Teng-hui of Taiwan, honorary citizenships by more than 80 cities, and honorary doctorate degrees by over ten universities. Chinese astronomers named the asteroid 2886 Tinkaping after him, and his childhood home in Dabu County is protected as a heritage site.

Early life Tin Ka Ping was born in 1919 in a wealthy Hakka Dabu County, Meizhou, China. He was the only son of his father, a businessman who ran a grocery store and a kiln.

Business career When his father died in 1935, Tin was forced to quit school at the age of 15 to run the family business. He later opened a second factory and owned several industrial buildings.

In 1982, he donated more than a billion Hong Kong dollars,

Personal life and death Tin was married to Fong Wai-ying. With the belief that it was "better to bequeath virtue rather than wealth to one's children", Tin donated the vast majority of his assets to his charitable foundation.

In 2013, when he was 94, Tin was baptised and became a Christian.

Tin died on 10 July 2018 in Hong Kong, at the age of 98.