SOCIAL donations from across China exceeded 90 billion yuan (US$13.1 billion) in 2018, an official of the Ministry of Civil Affairs said yesterday. China now has more than 7,500 registered charity organizations, with net assets totaling about 160 billion yuan, according to Jia Xiaojiu, head of the ministry’s department for philanthropy and social work, at a press conference. There are currently 204 charitable trust projects in China, with contracts involving about 2.25 billion yuan. There are over 1.2 million people in China working as professional social workers and 439,000 of them are certified workers, according to Jia. The ministry also strives to encourage volunteers’ commitment to poverty reduction efforts by way of strengthening guidance, training, publicity of role models and information services, he said. (Xinhua) |