Observation on "China Charity Day": Many places continue to carry out "charity one-day donation" activities.

  September 5th this year is the 10th "China Charity Day" in China. In order to further promote charity culture, mobilize and guide social forces to participate in charity, seven departments, including the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the Central Social Work Department, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the All-China Federation of Trade Unions, the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League, the All-China Women’s Federation and the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, jointly issued a notice recently, and decided to launch and continuously promote the activities of "entering institutions, enterprises, villages, communities and families" of charity culture nationwide (referred to as the "Five Enters" activities of charity culture).

  In response to the call of the seven departments, recently, various thematic publicity activities have been organized in many places across the country, and various forms such as "one-day donation for charity", charity market, charity auction and charity run have been carried out to attract diverse social subjects to actively participate in charity. Among them, as one of the main forms of charity culture entering the organs, many relevant departments of provinces and cities have carried out "charity one-day donation" activities for many years.

  Compared with previous years, what is the difference between this year’s one-day donation activity? What is the fundraising situation of relevant institutions? The reporter combed it.

  Many provinces organized "one-day charity donation"

"One-day Donation for Charity" in Anhui Province in 2025

  According to Xinhua Daily, on September 5th, Jiangsu Province held a "one-day charity donation" activity. Jiangsu provincial party committee Secretary Xin Changxing, Governor Xu Kunlin, and Chairman of the Provincial Political Consultative Conference Zhang Yizhen took the lead in donating money, offering love for charity and calling on the whole province to care for the needy people. Lou Qinqin, Chairman of the NPC Foreign Affairs Committee, entrusted others to donate money.

  The report pointed out that in the conference room on the fourth floor of the General Office of jiangsu provincial party committee, the conference room of the Standing Committee of the Provincial People’s Congress, the conference room on the eighth floor of the General Office of the Provincial Government, and the lobby on the first floor of the Provincial Political Consultative Conference, the provincial leaders put donations into the donation box, and the staff of the organs made donations in turn. In addition, provincial government departments, provincial enterprises, institutions and universities have widely responded to the "charity one-day donation" activity. All the money raised this time will be used to help people in need.

  On September 5th, the 10th "China Charity Day" theme publicity and Guangxi "Charity Day Donation" activity centralized donation ceremony was held in Nanning. Chen Gang, secretary of the Party Committee of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, director of the Standing Committee of the People’s Congress of the autonomous region, and Wei Tao, chairman of the autonomous region, attached great importance to charity work and the theme publicity activities of "China Charity Day" and put forward clear requirements: taking the activities of "donating one day for charity" as an opportunity to further cultivate charity spirit, enrich charity practice, standardize charity activities, and encourage and guide more caring people to care about and join in charity.

  In Zhejiang, the Zhejiang Charity Federation issued an initiative to actively participate in the "Charity One-Day Donation" in 2025 to the provincial organs, enterprises and institutions and the majority of caring people. According to reports, since 2021, the "Charity One-Day Donation" activity in Zhejiang Province has raised a total of more than 80 million yuan, focusing on the urgent needs of poor groups in mountainous island counties, and organized and implemented a series of charitable projects such as the Good Living Project and the Warm Star Action.

  On September 6th, Anhui Charity Federation and seven social organizations in the province held the "Good Anhui Jiujiu Public Welfare Festival" love market activity in Hefei. At the event site, the participating units attracted many citizens to participate actively through fundraising activities such as "charity one-day donation". On the same day, the "Charity One-Day Donation" activity in Anhui Province in 2025 was officially launched. The activity initiative: caring people from all walks of life actively participate in the "Charity One-Day Donation" activity in 2025 on the premise of adhering to voluntariness, and do their best to contribute their love and accumulate virtue to do good deeds.

  Theme donation activities attract attention

  In addition, some provinces and cities held a centralized donation ceremony on the day of "China Charity Day", and the donation amount was more prominent, with the highest donation exceeding 100 million yuan.

The Civil Affairs Department of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region held the 10th "China Charity Day" theme publicity activities. The picture shows the donation ceremony.

  On September 4th, the Civil Affairs Department of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region held the launching ceremony of the 10th China Charity Day in Hohhot. At the on-site donation ceremony, four charitable organizations, including the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Charity Federation, received donations from caring enterprises with a total value of about 141 million yuan; Seven charitable organizations, including Inner Mongolia Youth Development Foundation and Inner Mongolia Mengniu Public Welfare Foundation, carried out 12 charitable projects, such as guarding children in distress and emergency relief operations, with a total donation of about 13.321 million yuan.

  On September 5th, Xinjiang held the 10th "China Charity Day" theme publicity and the launching ceremony of charity culture "into institutions, enterprises, villages, communities and families". At the ceremony, the positive results achieved by Xinjiang charity forces in helping rural revitalization and promoting common prosperity in recent years were demonstrated, and an initiative was issued to call on all sectors of society to actively participate in charity. At the scene, a donation ceremony of "Doing Good in Xinjiang" was also held. Ten units donated more than 24 million yuan to support rural revitalization, welfare for the disabled and other undertakings.

  In Chongqing, Chongqing Civil Affairs Bureau and the Municipal Charity Federation jointly hosted the theme activities of "China Charity Day", "Chongqing Charity Week" and "Five Enters" of charity culture in Chongqing in 2025. During the event, 135 caring enterprises (units) and caring individuals participated in the placard donation activities, and the total donation amount exceeded 445 million yuan.

  In Fujian, the Working Committee of Provincial Organs of Fujian Provincial Party Committee and the Fujian Red Cross Society jointly held a charity and caring civilized practice activity of "respecting the elderly, loving the young, helping the poor and helping the disabled". Responsible comrades of the working committee of the provincial organs of Fujian Provincial Party Committee and the provincial Red Cross visited the volunteers at the activity site and took the lead in participating in charitable donations. On the same day, nearly 400 party member cadres and workers from 19 units, including Fujian Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection, General Office of the Provincial Party Committee, General Office of the Provincial Government, Organization Department of the Provincial Party Committee, Propaganda Department of the Provincial Party Committee, Political and Legal Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, Working Committee of Provincial Organs, and Provincial Organs Administration Bureau, participated in charity publicity, rescue training and charitable donations. During the period, Fujian Peak Group Co., Ltd. and Jinba Men’s Wear Co., Ltd. donated 100 million yuan and 32 million yuan respectively to support Quanzhou charity.

  Some organizations launched fundraising initiatives.

  It is worth mentioning that around the "China Charity Day", relevant departments and institutions launched fund-raising initiatives during the "China Charity Day", in which the theme activities at the county and city levels were more abundant than before.

  In Qinzhou, Guangxi, in order to welcome China’s 10th "China Charity Day" and the 4th "National Charity Month" in Qinzhou, Qinzhou Charity Federation issued a donation initiative to all organs, enterprises, institutions, people’s organizations, social organizations and caring people from all walks of life inside and outside the city. The proposal mentioned that all levels of organs, enterprises and institutions, people’s organizations, social organizations and caring people from all walks of life inside and outside the city actively participate in charitable donation activities on a voluntary basis, and accumulate virtue and do good deeds through online or offline donation channels.

  In Tangshan, Hebei Province, the Tangshan Charity Federation issued a proposal on charitable donation activities during the "China Charity Day". The proposal puts forward: please donate one day’s salary to the current and retired cadres and workers of organs and institutions; Please enterprises, individual industrial and commercial households to donate a day’s profit; Ask friends from different industries and occupations to donate one day’s living expenses; Please pay attention to WeChat official account, the "Tangshan Charity Federation", and forward the proposal to friends, relatives and comrades-in-arms … … It is reported that the money raised this time will be used to help children in distress in Tangshan.

  In Maitreya City, Yunnan Province, the Red Cross Society of Maitreya City initiated to participate in the "Love Yunnan Tour — The "Boai Family Box" network fund-raising project focuses on families in need, such as left-behind children and left-behind elderly people. By gathering love and donations from all walks of life, we will send humanitarian warmth to the needy people in the form of giving "a family box to warm a family" and provide assistance and support. Activity proposal: the broad masses of cadres and people from all walks of life in the city lend a helping hand and offer love, and actively participate in this charity fund-raising activity.

  In Yushu, Qinghai, Yushu Civil Affairs Bureau and Yushu Charity Association released the 10th China Charity Day, the charity propaganda of "Gathering Charity Forces to Create a Better Life" and the initiative of "Donation for Charity Day", which were launched online and offline. The proposal mentioned that all units, individuals, systems and social organizations can organize small-scale, decentralized and safe "one-day charity donation" activities within their own units and systems on the principle of "consciously and voluntarily doing what they can". The donation will be earmarked for public welfare projects such as helping the poor, helping students, medical assistance, helping the elderly and orphans, rural revitalization, emergency disaster relief and "caring for thousands of families".