Charitable Citizen Awareness And Influencing Factors Analysis

Charity is still an emerging cause in China. There are rare theoretical studies in this area and no standardized definition. At April 12, 1994, the China Charity Federation was established, as a symbol Chinese modern charity. From then on, Chinese charity began to develop healthily. With a short history of charitable organizations, there are still many areas to be improved, although we have made a number of achievements.Charity is a social cause. It needs the support of charity sense and charitable social values. When most of people are still not fully aware of the unique role of charity in social development, it will be impossible to have a good sense of charity. Then the public welfare and charity will be seen as the responsibility of the government. The awakening of charity sense is closely linked to civic awareness, civil society and democracy awareness. The situation in United States and other developed countries is better, but the situation in China is very different. With the impact of Confucian, the development of charity in ancient society showed unique characteristics; From 1840 to 1949, Chinese charity has also made considerable development; From the founding of new China to the 1980s, charity was rejected by the planned economic system, social relief, social welfare, public utilities and other items were entirely born by the government; After the reform and opening up, China's charity has begun to revive.With the help of field survey, this paper hopes to achieve more comprehensive and profound understanding of civic charitable consciousness, rich the research in this area, and promote the development of China's charity.The first part of the paper focuses on the proposal of the subject and its practical and theoretical significance.The second part of the paper reviews the literature related and the evolution of our charitable culture. From the ancient society under the influence of Confucian thought to the modern times of national crisis, from the founding of the planned economic system to the rejuvenation of China's charity after the reform and opening up, corresponding changes have taken place in China's charitable culture.The third part of the paper introduces research design and methodology of this study, including definition, assumptions, contents and research methods.The fourth part of the paper is statistical analysis of survey data. First we can see the descriptive statistics of the data, and the inspection of the various dimensions of the overall understanding of charity and the possible behavioral tendencies. Then we have a general understanding of citizens' charity awareness by factor analysis and coefficient matrix.Part V of this paper is to discuss the findings of the study. Due to capacity constraints, there are still many shortcomings in research design and final dissertation. And the hypothesis has not been fully verified, which is hoped to be amended in the future.