A Study On The Interactivity Of Donators, The Charitable Organizations And The Governmental Functions

Charitable donation is the foundation of charitable causes and the barometer for the development of charitable causes. This study proceeds from the status quo of charitable donations causes in China, based on the pre-existing studies and making use of normative study and empirical study, to probe into the interactivity between the donators, the charitable organizations and the governmental functions as well as the mechanism of action in the development of charitable donations. It takes donations made by overseas Chinese in Quanzhou city for example to further reveal the law of development for charitable donations, and put forward the way of mutual promotion for the donators, the charitable organizations and the government on this basis and centering on promoting the development of charitable donations in China.The study can be divided into five parts. In the first part, it defines relevant concepts and illustrates relevant theories. In the second part, theoretical analysis was made to probe into the interactivity between the donators, the charitable organizations and the governmental functions as well as the mechanism of action, and set up the analytical framework for the development of charitable donations. The third part is a case study. It further reveals the development mechanism of charitable donation causes through a case study on the donations made by overseas Chinese in Quanzhou City. In the fourth part, it puts forward the ways of mutual promotion for the donators, the charitable organizations and the governmental functions in the process of promoting the development of charitable donations. The fifth part is conclusion and prospect. It summarizes the main conclusion of this study and discusses about problems need to be further studied.Through study, this thesis deems that, though the charitable donations in China have made significant progress, there are still quite a few problems. The charitable donations are influenced by relevant principal factors including the donators, the charitable organizations and the governmental functions. A mechanism of action of reciprocity and mutual promotion has formed among the donators, the charitable organizations and the governmental functions. Donations made by overseas Chinese are an important component of China’s charitable donations. Quanzhou is a model city for donations made by overseas Chinese. The overseas Chinese of Quanzhou origins have strong economic strength and willingness to make donations. Thus the overseas Chinese donation funds develop and expand continuously. The local government attaches great importance in guiding and encouraging donations made by overseas Chinese. The donators, the charitable organizations and the governmental functions interact with and mutually promote each other, driving the overseas Chinese donation cause in Quanzhou to develop steadily, and setting an example for the development of charitable causes and programs for public good in Quanzhou. From this perspective, in China, we can draw lessons from the development of overseas Chinese donations, to cultivate the charity awareness of the donators and promote economic and social development, to rationalize the relationship between charitable organizations and the governmental functions and improve the self-building of the charitable organizations, to enhance the credibility of charitable organization and boost the development of charitable donation legalization, to set up incentive mechanism for charitable donations and create strong atmosphere for promoting charitable donations, so as to facilitate the way of mutual promotion for the donators, the charitable organizations and the governmental functions, and promote the sound development of charitable donations.