The Fifth "World Philanthropy Forum" opened in Beijing

The 5th World Philanthropy Forum, co-sponsored by Tsinghua University, the University of Hong Kong and the University of Chinese Of Hong Kong, opened on September 5 at Tsinghua University in Beijing. Zhang Chunxian, vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, attended the opening ceremony and delivered a keynote speech. Chen Xu, Director of the Academic Council of Tsinghua University, Duan Chongzhi, President of the University of Chinese of Hong Kong, and Gong Peng, Vice President of the University of Hong Kong, delivered speeches respectively, and more than 100 guests attended the meeting, including former Hungarian Prime Minister Peter McJessy, Nigerian Ambassador to China Baba Ahmed Jeddah, and John Cobb Jr., Academician of the National Academy of Humanities.

Zhang Chunxian pointed out that vigorously developing philanthropy is one of the major enlightenments given to us by the new crown pneumonia epidemic, and it is also an effective measure to calmly face various risks and challenges, stimulate social forces, and promote the all-round development of people and the overall progress of society. He expressed his sincere hope that the representatives and guests of all parties participating in this forum will put forward their foresight and foresight for the establishment of a global philanthropic ecology full of vitality and pluralism and symbiosis, unite to overcome difficulties, promote the high-level and high-quality development of global public welfare philanthropy, and make new and greater contributions to building a community with a shared future for mankind.

The theme of this year's forum is "Philanthropic Ecology, Win-win Challenges, Sustainable Development". The forum focuses on topics such as science and technology for good, social services, ecological civilization, and international consensus, aiming to create a broad space for public welfare charity and promote the professional development of the world's public welfare undertakings and public welfare industries. The forum invited professionals from governments, enterprises, public welfare charitable organizations and higher education institutions from different countries and regions in Asia, Europe, the Americas, Africa and other countries and regions to discuss, gather consensus and promote action.

It is reported that the World Philanthropy Forum has become an important platform for sharing experience, academic exchanges, policy advocacy and practice promotion of public welfare charity and social services around the world. The holding of this forum is precisely to continuously inject new connotations into the common interests, common pursuits and common values of mankind, so as to promote the development of philanthropy and human civilization, enhance people-to-people ties and moral accumulation, help global cooperation in public welfare charity and social work, and promote world peace and stable development.

It is understood that September 5 is the "International Charity Day" and the "China Charity Day" stipulated in the Charity Law of the People's Republic of China. The promulgation and improvement of the Charity Law is an important symbol of the progress of China's social undertakings, and has ushered in a new era in which China's public welfare philanthropy has laws to follow and laws to follow. On August 17 this year, the tenth meeting of the Central Financial and Economic Commission stressed that it is necessary to adhere to the people-centered development thinking, promote common prosperity in high-quality development, correctly handle the relationship between efficiency and fairness, and build a basic institutional arrangement for the coordination of primary, redistributive and tertiary distribution. Public welfare charity plays a role in the third distribution, which is the moral force that promotes social fairness and justice.

Duty Editor: Yu Junru Responsible Editor: Zhang Xuetao