Xinhua - English-Joint efforts help arouse charity awareness

Xinhua - English: "Joint efforts help arouse charity awareness
www.chinaview.cn 2006-01-25 08:39:11

BEIJING, Jan. 25 -- About a year ago, when Zhang Yanli, president of the Beijing Charity Association (BCA), saw the 2004 financial report of her organization, she felt anxiety.

Donations the BCA received amounted to about 23 million yuan (US$2.9 million). Although there was a growth from prior years, a comparison with some big city associations - such as the Shanghai Charity Foundation (SCF), which received 240 million yuan (US$30 billion) in 2004 - dwarfed those of the capital's major charity organization."