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| China's public welfare to be expanded, says minister
2003-11-09
Xinhua
China will cultivate more
non- governmental organizations (NGOs), offer preferential support for
enterprises entering China's social welfare system and learn from the world in a
bid to expand public welfare, a government minister said Sunday.
Minister
of Civil Affairs Li Xueju told the opening ceremony of the Transnational
Businesses and Civil Affairs Forum that China had attached great importance to
development of a public welfare system since the founding of new China in
1949.
A law concerning public welfare donations was issued in 1999 to
ensure the improvement of public welfare, and NGOs played a major role in social
welfare, Li acknowledged.
The Third Plenum of the 16th Central Committee
of the Communist Party of China (CPC) outlined a socialist morality system,
which set orientations and made room for the development of China's public
welfare.
Li said China would try to create the best possible conditions
for public welfare as it was relatively backward and there was still unbalanced
regional development.
The three-day forum is co-hosted by 16 public
welfare organizations, including the China Charity Federation (CCF) and US-
China Business Council. Multinationals such as Amway and Coca-Cola attended the
forum, the first of its kind ever hosted by China.
More than 230,000 NGOs
have been established in China and they play crucial roles in poverty
alleviation, environmental protection, and assisting the unemployed. | | | | | |
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