IN BRIEF

Launch of online data platform

An online big data platform for public welfare events was launched in early July by Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, together with about 100 major media in China. The platform will provide dynamic data about the number of attendees of community events, usage of charitable funds and the causes which gained the most attention in different provinces. This will help construct a more intelligent and efficient charity system through analysis and prediction of future trends.

Gene pool for the lost generation

The China Charities Aid Foundation for Children has established a gene pool, to link public security organizations in the search for lost children across the country. The first batch of DNA was collected from the mouths of children at the launch ceremony in early July, when a play about the fight against kidnapping children was performed. Since being founded in 2010, the China Charities Aid Foundation for Children has helped more than 2.6 million Chinese orphans, waifs and other children in need, with donations worth about 1.9 billion yuan ($160 million).

Guizhou uni gets $1.7m handout

Local real estate company Country Garden Group donated 12 million yuan ($1.76 million) to Guizhou University in late June, to help young teachers and students from poor families. The company will work on the project development, commercialization of research findings and student internships and employment. This is the sixth year the group has helped with educational foundations.

Relief boxes sent with quilts, rice

A total of 2,000 boxes containing daily necessities were donated by the Chinese Red Cross Foundation in early July, the boxes went to flood victims in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region. Goods included cotton quilts, towels, rice and cooking oil. They were sent, to help meet basic living demands during the first week after the disaster.

Since 2012, the foundation has donated more than 90,000 boxes worth up to about 25 million yuan ($3.67 million), serving about 400,000 citizens affected by natural disasters.

Internet effort targets children

An internet fundraising platform to target children with critical diseases was founded by Chinese healthcare provider Hopenoah and JD Group in early July.

Hopenoah will also invite pediatricians from the US-based Children's National Medical Center and New York-Presbyterian University Hospital of Columbia and Cornell to provide consulting services for Chinese families. The former mainly serves children of officials and ambassadors in the US, while the latter was named by US media as being among the top 10 of the country's hospitals.

China Daily