Editor's note: On March 28, the 8th Annual China Charity Conference with the theme of "Never stop Acting with Passion" was held at Tsinghua University. Lei Yongsheng, chairman of Lao Niu Foundation, was invited to attend the joint launch annual meeting and was awarded the honor of "2023 Chinese Public Welfare Figure".

Chen Cungen, President of China Federation of Social Work; Yang Bin, Standing Committee Member and Vice President of Tsinghua University; Hu Keming, Vice President of China Charity Federation and Vice Chairman of Constitution and Law Committee of the 13th National People's Congress; Qiao Wei, Advisor of China Overseas Chinese Federation and Chairman of the 6th Council of China Overseas Chinese Public Welfare Foundation; Zheng Wenkai, Chairman of China Rural Development Foundation; Mr. Lei Yongsheng, Chairman of Inner Mongolia Lao Niu Charity Foundation, Mr. Yan Yan, Secretary General of Heren Charity Foundation, Mr. Zhao Guanjun, president of Public Welfare Times, and other leaders and guests jointly launched the annual meeting.

The year 2024 is an important year for fully implementing the spirit of the Party's 20th National Congress, and a key year for achieving the goals and tasks of the 14th Five-Year Plan. The 2024 Government Work report proposed to "guide and support the healthy development of social organizations, humanitarian assistance, voluntary services, public welfare and charity," once again pointing out the direction for the development of the industry and injecting new impetus. This year's annual meeting focused on the high-quality development of public welfare and philanthropy.

Chen Cungen said that the China Charity Annual Meeting, as a brand project of the Charity Times, has been held for eight consecutive years. Over the past eight years, with the strong support of all sectors of society, the annual meeting has become better and better, playing an important role in carrying forward the spirit of public charity, gathering the strength of all sectors of society, and promoting the development of public charity. The China Federation of Social Work will give full support to the Charity Times to continue to run the China Charity Annual Conference, play a good role as a platform for the annual conference, and continue to gather visionaries who are enthusiastic about social welfare, care about social work, have a charitable spirit and are willing to contribute, link resources from all sides of the society, promote the development of professional public welfare services, and jointly help the development of public welfare charities.

In his speech, Zhao Guanjun said that the theme of this annual meeting, "Always maintain passion, never stop", is not only an objective description of the long-term development of China's social welfare undertakings, but also an attempt to express the concern and expectations of all sectors of society for the continuous development of public welfare undertakings. We have witnessed, recorded and spread the true meaning of modern public welfare through the practical actions of a number of entrepreneurs, enterprises and the public. From Chinese entrepreneurs to Chinese philanthropists, the spirit has grown from wealth; Also witnessed, recorded and spread the public welfare undertakings in every corner of the society to take root and thrive. Today's event aims to present the development status of China's social welfare in an all-round and in-depth way, explore, display and pay tribute to the role models that promote the development of public welfare undertakings, and provide an open, inclusive and nutritious ideological field and exchange platform for people from all walks of life who care about social development, ask about the development trend and seek solutions.

Looking back on the past year, under the background of increasing support from government departments at all levels and relevant policies, and increasing attention from all walks of life, China's public welfare philanthropy has made a series of new achievements, but also shows some new characteristics, and shows a new development trend. At the annual meeting, a promotional video of the Annual Meeting of China's Public welfare was played, and the top 10 annual concerns in the field of China's public welfare in 2023 were released.

As a publishing platform for the promotion and encouragement of public welfare undertakings, a communication platform for guidance and guidance, and a practice platform for exploration and innovation, the Public Welfare Times has held the China Public Welfare Annual Conference since 2016 and has successfully held seven sessions so far. In order to pay tribute to the enterprises, social organizations, individuals and public welfare projects that support the development of the industry, the annual meeting of 2023 Chinese public welfare figures, 2023 Chinese public welfare enterprises, and 2023 public welfare projects were released at the same time.