What Is a Public Benefit Corporation?
Public welfare undertakings are departments, enterprises and their facilities that directly or indirectly serve economic activities, social activities, and residents' lives. It mainly includes tap water production and supply system, public transportation system, electric heat supply system, health care system, culture and education system, sports entertainment system, post and telecommunications system, garden greening system and so on.
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- The Historical Evolution of China's Public Welfare Foundation Legislation
- In 1988, the State Council issued
- What are the main public utilities and public welfare in rural areas?
- Public utilities and public welfare undertakings in the rural areas generally refer to those involving villagers' public utilities and public interests. its
- At present, Chinese society calls for the public welfare undertakings, and at the same time, there are great potentials in all aspects of society. However, there is still a long way to go for smooth and healthy development. The following are a few key issues for the smooth development of China's private public welfare undertakings:
- I. Government attitudes, policies and regulations
- The more successful non-governmental organizations are inseparable from the special status of the founders who can obtain government support, and the biggest difficulty they encounter is how to be recognized as a non-profit organization and obtain the conditions for legal operation. In this regard, the government's attitude has also undergone a process of change. Most of the previous regulations and related regulations on community management promulgated in the past are based on prevention. For charitable donations, only GONGOs are accepted and processed. In the late 1990s, things gradually changed. The new "Fund Management Regulations" promulgated in 2004 reflect this new understanding. The "New Regulations" were formulated based on the appeals of all parties concerned over the years, listening to the opinions of experts, and drawing on international experience. They have made great progress in spirit and specific details.
- At the same time, the main cause of the difficult situation of various non-governmental organizations is still from the government's regulations and actual actions, and the "New Regulations" have not been resolved. In summary, there are still two major problems: one is the difficulty in registration and the other is the difficulty in implementing tax incentives.
- The main difficulty in registration is that there must be a "competent unit". The actual situation is not that there is too much intervention by superiors, but that the unit is not willing to undertake such a matter that is not profitable, but also increases responsibility, and even bears risks. Moreover, the public welfare undertakings are very broad, and the existing government departments cannot cover the rich of
- There are more than 1,000 non-profit organizations in China. Today, no one ignores non-profit organizations. As another force outside the government and the market, they are playing an increasingly important role. This is largely due to the tireless efforts of governments at all levels in China. Unlike private equity funds, which are mostly established by individuals or companies in other countries, China is still the dominant public fund. The official colors of these institutions are very strong. They also do not hide this, it is clear that they need strong support from the government. Such a system is conducive to fundraising at a stage when charitable behavior has not yet prevailed. How many people trust a fund set up by a private or unknown company and donate large sums of money for free? Sociologist
- The China Charity Pioneer Advanced Deeds Report and Awards Conference, co-sponsored by the China Charity Federation, the China Love Engineering Committee, was grandly held in Beijing.
- The conference commended a group of pioneers in China's public welfare undertakings and relevant units that have long been committed to the construction of public welfare undertakings in China. Chairman of Jiangsu Huangpu Renewable Resources Utilization Co., Ltd.
- The Development of British Non-profit Organizations and Its Enlightenment to China
- Charity in the UK
- In the UK, official and mass media make less use of "nonprofits" or "
- Sohu Weibo announced today that it will donate 2 million yuan. Together with Professor Yu Jianzheng of the Institute of Rural Development of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Sohu Weibo is used as the platform to launch and launch the "Sohu Weibo Handy Welfare Platform", which is also the first microblog in China. Bo charity platform. At the same time, Sohu Weibo announced the establishment of the "Sohu Handy Charity Fund" project to promote the rapid development of private charity. In support of the project, Mr. Zhang Chaoyang, Chairman and CEO of Sohu Board of Directors, will personally donate 1 million yuan. At the same time, Sohu Weibo will also set up a Weibo public welfare platform for all Weibo users, calling on netizens to actively participate in handy public welfare projects. As a means to promote social harmony and promote social development, the development of non-governmental public welfare has become a consensus among all circles. Whether it is an enterprise or an individual, they will take the practice of public welfare as a lasting movement, and non-governmental public welfare has also been greatly developed, especially with the With the development of blogging technology, Weibo Charity is in the ascendant.
- Prior to this, Professor Yu Jianzheng had launched activities such as "Send books to the countryside", "Shoot photos to rescue begging children" on his Weibo, and signed an agreement with Huamin Fund on November 6, 2011 to establish " "Handy Public Welfare Fund" has been exploring this public welfare model for a long time. Earlier, Mr. Cui Yongyuan's "Lunch a Child" free lunch charity program launched on Sohu Weibo also accumulated good social effects and influence.
- In this context, Sohu Weibo and Professor Yu Jianzheng jointly promote the "Handy Charity Fund" project, which is obviously of far-reaching significance. The person in charge of Sohu introduced that this project does not require personal cash donations. After the launch, it will mainly call on all sectors of the society to take a hand in hand, jointly pass the baton of love, and complete charity.
- "The characteristics of immediacy, extensiveness, and interactivity of Weibo are changing the mode of public welfare for the public." Some industry people pointed out that with the promotion of Weibo technology, the current development of private public welfare is moving towards universal participation and raising hands. In the direction of timely feedback, Sohu Microblog and the "Sohu Handy Public Welfare Platform" promoted by Sohu Weibo and Professor Yu Jianrong are a powerful attempt for this kind of public welfare development model.
- "According to the practice of sending books to the countryside at any time, any individual can participate in giving help within his ability at any time. As a donor, transporter, and send the book to the countryside, he will eventually send the books to those in need. Whether it is sending books to the countryside, helping begging children, or vulnerable beggars in the city, we hope that with the help of people from all walks of life, we can turn the world of love into a baton and pass it to the hands of those who need it most. The ultimate goal.
- In foreign countries, the implementation of public welfare undertakings has long been put into the hands of society, because the participation of commercial enterprises can not only complete the public welfare undertakings with high efficiency and high quality, but also the enterprises can recover the benefits through advertising. Government is just an organizational function.
- But in China, implementation is difficult. First, the government cannot surrender the rights of public welfare media. Because China s media business still works for the government. Second, Chinese companies participation in public welfare is still in its infancy. Don't dare to go too deep, for fear of not getting benefits, but be misunderstood by the public. The government is usually a public welfare cause, not a business.
- Many non-profit organizations have sprung up and developed, and public welfare undertakings have gradually entered the media and public vision.
- Around us, many non-profit organizations have been working silently, and they have played a major role in environmental protection, health, education, poverty alleviation, disability support for the elderly, women and children, and legal aid.
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