With the help of a film, a female leukemia patient in central China's Hubei Province is recovering after receiving a bone marrow transplant funded by donations.

"People's love created a miracle, and I have a new life now," smiled Guo Jiaqi, 23, a student at Huazhong Agricultural University in Wuhan City on Tuesday.

The film, "See You Tomorrow," is about Guo, who was diagnosed in March 2008. Its name was drawn from Guo's sign-off for the campus broadcasts she used to make about films and music when she was still healthy.

Yin Bo, 24, an animation graduate at Wuhan University of Science and Technology, won the "Best MV" award at the China University Music Festival as the director of "I Am A Star," a music video encouraging people to fight their problems. Guo invited him to be on her program after he showed a film at her university.

After learning that Guo's parents were both laid-off workers, who could not afford the 500,000 yuan (US$68,330) fee for a bone marrow transplant, Yin made a decision. He quit his job as a director in an animation company and made a film about Guo.

"I can find another job, but Jiaqi can't find more time for treatment," Yin said.

The 25-minute film was shown at local universities in October. Every time it was shown, about 1,000 yuan in donations was collected.

"Come on Jiaqi, we will see a healthy and happy student tomorrow," said Guan Ming, a student at Wuhan University who saw the film.

The film was put online in late October and drew widespread sympathy. Guo's boyfriend and roommates set up a website, on which they posted information about three bank accounts for donations. By early December, Guo's operation fee had been raised.

"I hope Jiaqi will recover soon, and I pay tribute to those who made the film," said "water lily" in a posting at tudou.com, a popular Chinese video site.

Guo had her transplant in early December. "Although she is still recovering, she is helping me with the script of a new film about university students starting their own businesses," said Yin.

"The young people born in the 1980s are gradually assuming more social responsibility," said Li Fang, a chief editor at the China Youth Daily.

"As they grow in a fast-changing China and see everything expanding, they show strong feelings for those in trouble."

Zhou Xiaozheng, a professor of social science at Remin University, expressed concern about the practice of raising funds for medical fees through website donations.

"As medical treatment is still a burden for many people in China, website donations can be an effective way to save lives. But relevant laws and guidance are necessary to avoid possible scams," he said.

(Xinhua News Agency February 12, 2009)