Ordinary Chinese don't trust charity organizations

时间：2007-01-24 05:56:45

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Chinanews, Beijing, Jan. 22 – As Chinese society makes progress and income disparity widens in society, more and more Chinese become familiar with charity organizations, which are an effective means for redistributing social wealth. A recent survey among 5,000 people shows that 71.9% of them think that “everyone in society is duty bound to make contributions to charities.” 78.7% of the respondents say they have made donations to charity institutions before. However, the survey also shows that charity organizations gain low credit among the Chinese public and their development lag rather behind. Most ordinary Chinese do not trust charity organizations.

 

The survey was jointly1 made by the China Youth Daily Social Investigation2 Center, Tencent Information Center and the Information Center of Sina.com.

 

According to a charity ranking list published by Rupert Hoogewerf, Chinese charities gained fast progress in 2006. Since 2003, 50 Chinese entrepreneurs named on the list have donated nearly 5.1 billion yuan for development of education, social public welfare, health, and disaster relief programs.

 

The survey shows that most Chinese participate in charities by making donations through “their work companies” (70.8%), some (67.6%) give money to street beggars and some (54.7%) make donations by purchasing welfare lottery3 tickets. In addition, 28.6% of the people say they express their love for society by donating blood or bone marrow4.

 

However, an expert points out that these activities might not be termed as real philanthropic acts.

 

“One can perform real philanthropic acts only through charity organizations,” said Deng Guosheng, director of the NGO Research Department at Tsinghua University's School of Public Management.

 

He said that Chinese public give low credit to charity organizations in China, because Chinese charities have progressed slowly and ordinary Chinese do not trust charity originations.

 

His statement has been confirmed by the survey. In the survey, only 21.5% of the respondents say they have“voluntarily donated to some fund management organization or some charity organization.” 64.5% of the respondents even say that if they have extra money and want to do something for charities, they'd find the people who need help by themselves, rather than through a fund management organization.

 

On the other hand, it should be admitted that due to an improper5 management and supervision6 system, corruption7 does exist in charity institutions. Some people say it is not easy to make money. So they had better not make any donations at all lest the donations go to the wrong persons. Xia Yeliang, a professor from Peking University, agrees with this view. According to him, donors8 have the right to know where their money goes.

 
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1 jointly jp9zvS     
ad.联合地，共同地
参考例句：
  • Tenants are jointly and severally liable for payment of the rent. 租金由承租人共同且分别承担。
  • She owns the house jointly with her husband. 她和丈夫共同拥有这所房子。
2 investigation MRKzq     
n.调查，调查研究
参考例句：
  • In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
  • He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。
3 lottery 43MyV     
n.抽彩；碰运气的事，难于算计的事
参考例句：
  • He won no less than ￡5000 in the lottery.他居然中了5000英镑的奖券。
  • They thought themselves lucky in the lottery of life.他们认为自己是变幻莫测的人生中的幸运者。
4 marrow M2myE     
n.骨髓；精华；活力
参考例句：
  • It was so cold that he felt frozen to the marrow. 天气太冷了，他感到寒冷刺骨。
  • He was tired to the marrow of his bones.他真是累得筋疲力尽了。
5 improper b9txi     
adj.不适当的，不合适的，不正确的，不合礼仪的
参考例句：
  • Short trousers are improper at a dance.舞会上穿短裤不成体统。
  • Laughing and joking are improper at a funeral.葬礼时大笑和开玩笑是不合适的。
6 supervision hr6wv     
n.监督，管理
参考例句：
  • The work was done under my supervision.这项工作是在我的监督之下完成的。
  • The old man's will was executed under the personal supervision of the lawyer.老人的遗嘱是在律师的亲自监督下执行的。
7 corruption TzCxn     
n.腐败，堕落，贪污
参考例句：
  • The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
  • The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。
8 donors 89b49c2bd44d6d6906d17dca7315044b     
n.捐赠者( donor的名词复数 )；献血者；捐血者；器官捐献者
参考例句：
  • Please email us to be removed from our active list of blood donors. 假如你想把自己的名字从献血联系人名单中删去，请给我们发电子邮件。
  • About half this amount comes from individual donors and bequests. 这笔钱大约有一半来自个人捐赠及遗赠。 来自《简明英汉词典》

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