Chinese charity groups have been experiencing many difficulties in releasing donation information - though they would like to do it, a recent survey has found.
Three years into the One Foundation founded by actor-turned-philanthropist Jet Li, the charity itself is in need of help. Its private status prevents it from direct public fundraising.
China's most famous philanthropist said on Wednesday more than 100 Chinese entrepreneurs had responded to his appeal to donate all of their personal wealth to society.
One Foundation, a philanthropic project founded by international martial arts and movie star Jet Li, recently launched its official platform on kaixin001.com, one of China's more popular social networking websites.
Chen Guangbiao, with another 20 philanthropists, withdrew 43.16 million yuan ($632 million) in cash. Before the Spring Festival, the philoanthropists will visit rural areas and distribute aid to the poor in Xinjiang, Tibet, Yunan, Guizhou, and Sichuan.
Rao Meixiang, a countrywoman in Yincheng town of Dexing, Jiangxi province, has adopted more than 80 abandoned babies with disabilities from local civil affairs department in the past 15 years.
The Ministry of Civil Affairs said 106 million yuan (US$15.5 million), as well as relief materials worth over 20.3 million yuan, have been donated to mudslide-devastated Zhouqu County in northwest China's Gansu Province, as of Sunday.
China's most spectacular sportsman is learning the rules of engagement in some very different ball games - charity work, family and budding entrepreneurship. Yu Yilei reports in an exclusive interview
