Report: Better supervision of lottery sales required

Percentage of funds spent on philanthropy has been decreasing

The proportion of lottery sales used for public services and philanthropy has been declining in recent years, according to a report released by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences on Friday.

With lottery sales increasing quickly, intensified supervision is urgently needed on the use of the vast amount of money generated to ensure more goes to public services, said the Annual Report on China's Philanthropy Development 2016.