On September 23, the 5th China Charity Fair (hereinafter referred to as “CCF”) was held in Shenzhen Convention & Exhibition Center. At 8:30 in the morning, on the center stage of the main venue, with the beautiful singing from the Sandu Miao Choir in Guizhou and the first resource docking ceremony witnessed by the participating leaders, this charity fair kicked off.

The year 2016 marks the first year of the decisive stage of building a moderately prosperous society in all respects, and the first year of the promulgation and implementation of China’s Charity Law. At present, philanthropy has ushered in a new era of promoting goodness with law, innovative development, openness and inclusiveness, and cross-boundary cooperation. With the theme of “Promoting Goodness with Law to Facilitate Poverty Alleviation”, and following the five development concepts of “innovation, coordination, green, openness and sharing", the 5th CCF is committed to providing a showcase for the whole chain of charity, a platform for matching all elements of charity resources, and an annual gathering of the charity industry with the participation of the whole society.

The main venue of this CCF is located in Hall 1 and Hall 6 of the Convention and Exhibition Center, covering an area of about 40,000 square meters. The first sub-venue, located in Haiyu Community, Bao'an District, covers an area of about 1,000 square meters, highlighting charity organizations and projects with community characteristics. More than 2,600 charity organizations, enterprises and individuals from 31 provinces, cities, autonomous regions, municipalities, and Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao, as well as 75 international non-profit organizations, signed up to participate in this CCF, an increase of 11% over the previous one..

This year's CCF highlights the theme of promoting goodness with law, increases the publicity of the charity law, and creates a good atmosphere for charity. The charity culture section has been set up for the first time, and a charity culture theme park has been opened for publicizing modern charity concepts and charity development achievements, so that charity can be more accessible to the communities and the people. At the same time, we will explore new formats, new carriers and new ways for public charities after the promulgation of the Charity Law, foster, support and guide public welfare organizations to operate in a standardized manner under the guidance of the Charity Law, and promote the healthy development of public charities.

On the opening day, the first resource docking ceremony saw five projects being confirmed, with the funding of RMB 100 million. China Vanke Co.,Ltd. donated RMB 30 million to jointly fund the construction of the Tibet Intangible Culture Museum with Shenzhen Municipal Government. Focus Media donated RMB 20 million to fund the “Beautiful China” targeted education poverty alleviation project. China Minsheng Bank donated RMB 10 million to China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation to fund the ME program. Shenzhen Neptunus Group donated RMB 20 million to Shenzhen Charity Federation to fund poverty alleviation projects in Guangdong province. Powerlong Group donated RMB 20 million to Zhijin County, Guizhou Province to fund local targeted industrial assistance projects. These five projects are all targeted poverty alleviation projects, which is also an important embodiment of the in-depth implementation of the decision of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council on "winning the battle against poverty".

On the opening day, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon sent a video to congratulate the holding of the Fair, saying “Charity is an important way to express solidarity and friendship between nations and people. Charity is one of the best investments we can make in the common future of humanity.”

During the 5th CCF, more than 20 panel discussions and seminars will be held, inviting Monk Yinshun, Vice President of the Buddhist Association of China, Zheng Gongcheng, member of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and vice chairman of the China Social Security Association, Maria CHERTOK from the Russian Relief Foundation, Ma Weihua, chairman of the Board of Directors of Shenzhen Global Philanthropy Institute and chairman of One Foundation, Chungwon CHOUE, president of the World Taekwondo Federation, and Daniel WILKINS, CEO of Pvblic Foundation, and more than 230 guests in the field of philanthropy at home and abroad will participate in the discussion and interaction, and offer suggestions for the development of public charities.

CCF is a national, comprehensive and international annual charity event co-sponsored by the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, the Guangdong Provincial Government, the Shenzhen Municipal Government and the China Charity Alliance. It has been successfully held in Shenzhen for four consecutive years since 2012.

The main leaders attending this year’s CFF are: Wang Qinmin, vice chairman of the CPPCC National Committee and chairman of the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce; Ma Xingrui, deputy secretary of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee and secretary of Shenzhen Municipal Party Committee; Wang Maolin, former secretary of the Shanxi Provincial Party Committee, secretary of the Hunan Provincial Party Committee, and member of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress; Minister Gao Xiaobing, Vice Minister of Civil Affairs; Xu Qin, mayor of Shenzhen and deputy secretary of Shenzhen Municipal Party Committee; Dai Beifang, chairman of Shenzhen Political Consultative Conference; Liu Zepeng, chairman of Beautiful China and former deputy director of the Organization Department of the Central Committee of the CPC; Zhang Yanzhen, chairman of China Legal Aid Foundation and former deputy minister of Justice; Deng Yongjian, president of Henan Charity Federation and former vice chairman of the Henan Provincial Political Consultative Conference; Chen Kaizhi, vice president of China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation and former Chairman of the Guangzhou Political Consultative Conference; Zhuo Zhiqiang, director of the Guangdong Provincial Department of Civil Affairs, Guo Yonghang, member of the Standing Committee of the Shenzhen Municipal Party Committee, Tian Fu, member of the Standing Committee of the Shenzhen Municipal Party Committee, etc.