Social Organizations

Social organizations are social groups, foundations, and social service agencies. These non-profit organizations are an important force in building China into a modern socialist country in all respects.

Social groups are non-profit legal entities that are formed voluntarily by Chinese citizens. They operate in line with their respective charters. Organizations other than state organs can join social groups as members.

Foundations are non-profit legal entities that operate in line with their respective charters and use the property donated by natural persons, legal entities, and other organizations to provide services related to poverty alleviation, assistance to those in difficulty, care to the elderly and orphans, care to those suffering illness and people with disabilities, disaster relief, medical assistance, schooling assistance, and services to the entitled groups, in order to support education, science, culture, health, sports, prevention and control of pollution and other public hazards, eco-environmental protection and conservation, public infrastructure, and other charity activities.

Social service agencies are non-profit legal entities that are set up by natural persons, legal entities, and other organizations with non-state asset donations to provide public-interest social services in line with their respective charters.

By the end of 2021, there were more than 900,000 social organizations, covering all fields and sectors in China. They have played an active role in creating jobs, providing public services, developing national and international standards, fighting poverty, epidemic prevention and control, and international exchanges.

社會組織

社會組織，主要包括社會團體、基金會、社會服務機構，是全面建設社會主義現代化國家的重要力量。社會組織堅持非營利屬性，不得從事營利性經營活動。

社會團體，即中國公民自愿組成，為實現會員共同意愿，按照其章程開展活動的非營利法人。國家機關以外的組織可以作為單位會員加入社會團體。基金會，即利用自然人、法人或者其他組織捐贈的財產，以提供扶貧、濟困、扶老、救孤、恤病、助殘、救災、助醫、助學、優撫服務，促進教育、科學、文化、衛生、體育事業發展，防治污染等公害和保護、改善生態環境，推動社會公共設施建設等公益慈善事業為目的，按照其章程開展活動的非營利法人。社會服務機構，即自然人、法人或者其他組織為了公益目的，利用非國有資產捐助舉辦，按照其章程提供社會服務的非營利法人。截止到2021年年底，全國社會組織數量超過90萬個，基本遍布所有行業和各個領域。社會組織在吸納就業、公共

服務、國家和國際標準制定、脫貧攻堅、疫情防控、國際交流等方面發揮了積極作用。