BEIJING - Fewer Chinese people are satisfied with the transparency of the country's charity organizations following a series of scandals this year, according to a report published Thursday.

The Report on Transparency of China's Charity Work, published by a research group affiliated with the Ministry of Civil Affairs (MCA), said that only 8 percent of the respondents are satisfied with the transparency of charity organizations, 1 percentage point lower compared to 2010.

The report was made from the monitoring results of 99 charity groups, but the publisher of the survey, Zhongmin Charity and Endowment Information Center, did not say the number of respondents.

The drop is caused by a series of scandals related to charity organizations," said Peng Jianmei, head of the center, "it also shows the rising awareness of the public's rights."

One of the major scandals involved Red Cross Society of China (RCSC), which came under fire following a young woman who claimed to be a general manager for "Red Cross Commerce," a group the RCSC denied existence, showing off her lavish lifestyle on Internet.

Her high-profile deeds provoked the ire of Internet users who speculated that she might have funded her extravagant purchases by embezzling money from the RCSC.

Xu Jianzhong, an official from the MCA, told the reporters at the press conference for the report that the ministry will try to publicize the regulation on publicity of charity and endowment information.

Although more people are unsatisfied, the report noted that the average transparency index of the groups being monitored has climbed to 40.6, a 4.1 percent increase from 2010.

The indice of six groups are beyond 80, including the RCSC, the report said.