Xiaoshan District CC&TSPM in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, held an award ceremony for churches and gathering sites that had made contributions to society.
Ni Deguang, president of Xiaoshan District CC&TSPM, reported on the income received by charitable donations and expenditure against such funds of the district CC&TSPM over the years on December 9, announcing the list of sites that had donated this year, reported the Hangzhou Ethnic and Religious Affairs Bureau. Officials from the municipal ethnic and religious affairs bureau awarded venues certificates of honor for their donations. Later, a charity concert was held, featuring performances by the Christian venues themselves.
Since 2015, the district CC&TSPM has organized activities such as funding education, poverty alleviation, and pandemic relief, accumulating a total amount of over one million yuan in donations.
- Translated by Abigail Wu