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Mobilize charitable resources to focus on deep poverty

Zhan Chengfu, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs
September 21, 2018 07:44 | Source: People's Daily
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Original title: Mobilizing charitable resources to focus on deep poverty

Zhan Chengfu

Charity is an important part of the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics. According to the statistics of the China Charity Federation, in 2017, the total amount of charitable donations in China reached 149.9 billion yuan. By the end of last year, 3165 charitable organizations had been identified and registered by the civil affairs department. The total number of registered volunteers in the national volunteer service information system exceeded 76.43 million. The official implementation of the Charity Law in 2016 marks that philanthropy has entered the legal track.

At present, the most important task of philanthropy is to actively participate in poverty alleviation. In the next three years, about 30 million rural poor people need to get rid of poverty, and the task of poverty alleviation is arduous. At the critical juncture of achieving the first centennial goal, all kinds of philanthropic forces should actively assume social responsibility, and take poverty alleviation and decisive victory in building a moderately prosperous society in all respects as the primary task.

First, we should work together to promote charity poverty alleviation in the new era. We should give full play to the advantages of being close to social needs, highly targeted, diversified and innovative, guide and absorb social resources, give priority to poverty alleviation, constantly innovate poverty alleviation models, broaden poverty alleviation channels, stimulate the endogenous power of the poor, consolidate the foundation for stable poverty alleviation of the poor, and go all out to win the battle against poverty.

The second is to focus on precision and promote the precise connection between charitable resources and poor areas. We should guide all kinds of philanthropic forces to focus on accuracy, adhere to regional accuracy, and focus on guiding social philanthropic resources to tilt to deep poverty areas such as "three districts and three prefectures"; Adhere to the target accuracy, and take whether the poor people who have filed cards can benefit directly and get rid of poverty as the standard to test the effectiveness of work; Adhere to precise service, get through the "last mile" of poverty alleviation, and achieve the precise connection between social resources such as capital, technology, equipment and professionals and the needs of poverty alleviation.

Third, strengthen publicity and give full play to the demonstration and driving effect of advanced models. We should give full play to the positive role of China Charity Exhibition, China Charity Museum, various media and other platforms to provide reference for poverty alleviation in the new era. It is necessary to highlight the recognition of units and individuals who have made outstanding contributions to poverty alleviation, increase the publicity of advanced deeds and figures in poverty alleviation, give full play to the demonstration and driving effect of advanced models, and tell the "Chinese story" of charity's participation in poverty alleviation.

People's Daily (September 21, 2018, version 09)

(Editor in charge: Shi Lin, He Yingchun)

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