The Red Cross Society of China will intensify efforts to improve public trust in the organization and improve its ability to provide humanitarian services, according to a plan to reform the society.
It will improve its transparency, establish an information disclosure system to aid public supervision, and better protect donors’ and the public’s rights to access information, participate in society activities and supervise them, according to the plan, which was approved by the State Council, China’s Cabinet.
The plan was released to the RCSC and its branches across China, the society said.
The society will adhere to the principle of public service, including emergency rescue and relief, humanitarian assistance, blood donation and organ donation, the plan said. The society will give better play to the role of the internet in facilitating its work, it said.
As part of the society’s reshuffling efforts, it will establish a board to supervise its council and executive committees, it said.
China has taken a number of measures in recent years to restore public trust in the organization, following an incident that greatly damaged the reputation of the society in 2011, when a woman calling herself Guo Meimei posted photos showing her extravagant lifestyle.
A third-party investigation found the woman, who said she worked for an association affiliated to the RCSC, had no relationship with the society, and she was sentenced to five years in prison for organizing gambling.
Post time: Dec-04-2018
