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The significance of China Charity Day

The significance of the China Charity Day is to put all citizens in an atmosphere of mutual help, love and harmony, so as to form a social trend of helping people, helping people is proud.

China Charity Day is in November 2015, in the consideration of the draft of the charity law, the draft of the charity law stipulates that September 5 each year for the "China Charity Day". December 2015, the second review of the draft of the charity law has been revised and improved, the new draft of the proposed amendments to provide that "China Charity Day" is September 5 every year.

According to the People's Republic of China **** and the State Charity Law, which came into force on September 1, 2016, September 5 of each year is "China Charity Day". The charity law stipulates that September 5 as "China Charity Day" is and "International Charity Day" for convergence. The establishment of the "Charity Day" is through the annual focus on a large-scale, series of charitable activities.

Legal basis:

"The Chinese people's **** and the State Charity Law" Article 7 stipulates that: September 5 each year for the Chinese Charity Day. Set charity day, is conducive to regular and relatively concentrated annual charity publicity and education, popularize charity laws and regulations at the national level, vigorously carry forward the charitable, in the whole society to carry out a wide range of general mobilization of love, guide, encourage people to do good deeds, the formation of a strong charitable atmosphere.

Compared with other commemorative days or festivals, the statutory charitable day with "China" as a prefix, better reflecting the charity as the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation and the organic content of Chinese culture has a long history, and now need to be inherited and further promoted, but also on the Greater China region and the overseas Chinese more affinity.