Nearly 2m people benefit from Chinese charity programs
BEIJING - Nearly 2 million people in need have benefited from charity programs launched by the China Siyuan Foundation for Poverty Alleviation in 2018.
The foundation was established by the Central Committee of China National Democratic Construction Association in 2007, with the aim of prompting enterprises' engagement in poverty relief and other charity projects.
The foundation has donated 939 ambulances to hospitals in poverty-stricken regions, aided nearly 5,000 children with serious diseases from impoverished families, provided free surgeries to cataract patients and made donations of over 81 million yuan (11.8 million U.S. dollars) to schools and students in 2018.
The foundation also worked with leading e-commerce platforms to help farmers from 340 poverty-stricken counties across the country promote their agricultural products.
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