BEIJING, May 20 -- Chinese entertainment stars are opening their hearts and wallets to help victims of Sichuan's May 12 earthquake. Film star Zhang Ziyi has personally donated one million yuan (140,000 U.S. dollars). On her blog, the Beijing native says she will try to raise more money for earthquake victims this week in France, where she is attending the 61st Cannes Film Festival.

Hong Kong-born Jackie Chan (L) and Emperor Group chairman Albert Yeung Sau-shing have contributed 10 million yuan. Chinese entertainment stars are opening their hearts and wallets to help victims of Sichuan's May 12 earthquake.

Award-winning director Jia Zhangke's new film 24 City (Ershisi Cheng Ji), which competes in this year's Cannes, is set in Chengdu, capital of the quake-hit Sichuan province. At the film's press conference this weekend, Jia called for a moment of silence to mourn quake victims and said a relief collection will be hosted soon. "Every second of this film is shot in Chengdu," Jia said. "Now, it is experiencing disaster, which creates pain for everybody. I hope my work will raise more concern of the city, of China, and of Chinese people."

Sir Run Run Shaw, the 101-year-old chairman of Hong Kong-based Television Broadcasts Ltd, has donated 100 million Hong Kong dollars (12.82 million U.S. dollars) to the relief efforts. Shaw has long been dedicated to charity and has donated more than 2.5 billion Hong Kong dollars to the mainland's education, art and medical causes.

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