Charity 'must be handled professionally'

BEIJING - Charity must be handled professionally and if you do not know how, then work with someone who does, agreed two charity experts on actress Zhang Ziyi's recent donation fraud controversy.

In an interview with China Daily on Monday, Zhang said that she raised only $1,300 in Cannes in 2008, while the rest of the widely reported $500,000 was only in pledges.

"A donation is not complete until the payment is received," said Wang Haijing, vice-president of the Red Cross Society of China. "If the donator cannot give the money at once, a formal donation contract should be presented to the charity institution."