China News Service, Beijing, July 26 (Li Jingze) The Social Policy Research Center of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, the Social Science Literature Press, and the China Lingshan Charity Promotion Association jointly released the "Charity Blue Book: China Philanthropy Development Report (2020)" on the 26th (below Referred to as "Blue Book"). The Blue Book pointed out that the total amount of social donations in China in 2019 was about 133 billion yuan (RMB, the same below), an increase of 4.72% from the 127 billion yuan in 2018.
The Blue Book said that in 2019, China's voluntary service has made a qualitative breakthrough. The total number of real-name registered volunteers reached 169 million, and the cumulative volunteer service time was 2.268 billion hours, an increase of 13.9% and 3.2% respectively over 2018. The total value of volunteer contributions in 2019 was 90.359 billion yuan, an increase of 9.7% from the 82.364 billion yuan in 2018.
However, the Blue Book also pointed out that the increase in the number of volunteers has caused the problem of insufficient funding to become more and more serious, and the proportion of organizations encountering not recruiting suitable volunteers in the process of volunteering has increased. Local governments and communities do not support the development of voluntary service activities, which has become a challenge faced by voluntary service organizations.
It is worth noting that the Blue Book believes that in 2019, the concept of “technology for good” will continue to spread and spread rapidly, and it will be more widely integrated into the values and development strategies of large domestic high-tech enterprises. More and more charitable organizations and society Innovation projects have also begun to focus on how to use scientific and technological power to effectively solve social problems.
The Blue Book pointed out that in 2019, China's anti-sexual harassment process still has a long way to go. Whether it is from the response and relief of specific sexual harassment complaints, or from the construction of national mechanisms, there are many points worthy of careful analysis and reflection. Although the draft civil code contains provisions on the prevention of sexual harassment, it has not yet clearly defined sexual harassment, which affects its operability.
In addition, the unclear definition is not conducive to enhancing the public’s awareness of the bottom line of related behaviors, and the sense of responsibility rather than recreational attention to sexual harassment incidents; it is the public’s awareness and concern about sexual harassment that will eventually lead to relevant Environment of public opinion. This social public opinion environment greatly affects whether victims of sexual harassment can bravely break their silence, stand up to defend their dignity and defend their rights, and this will ultimately indicate the overall anti-sexual harassment process and the development of gender equality in society. (Finish)