Charities must make public their spending

BEIJING - All charitable organizations will be required to make timely releases of information related to their fundraising, projects and distributions of donors' money, according to a new Ministry of Civil Affairs regulation.

The change, which will take effect in September unless the public strongly objects to it, came amid a series of scandals that have raised doubts over the ways charities use the money and goods given them.

To lay the suspicions to rest, the ministry drafted the regulation, named Guidance on Information Disclosure for Public-Welfare and Charitable Donations. It has been published on the ministry's official website, and the public are invited to comment on it until the end of this month.