Chinese charity receives donations worth 880 mln yuan in 2019

The China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation (CFPA) raised some 880 million yuan (125 million U.S. dollars) in cash and donations in 2019, according to an annual report published Monday.

About 830 million yuan was spent on public welfare programs, benefiting nearly 6.9 million people in poverty and in disaster-hit areas, the report showed.

The CFPA said it received donations from 4,795 institutions last year and 4.4 billion donations from the public had been made during the same period, adding that about 97,000 volunteers offered more than 1.5 million hours of service.

The foundation also launched international projects in 11 countries, including Myanmar, Nepal and Ethiopia, in 2019.