Research Of Inland Charity Activities Of The Hongkong Tung Wah Hospital In Modern Times(1870-1949)

In the early years of HongKong's opening to foreign trade,under the Hong Kong Government's colonial governance based on racial discrimination and apartheid,the living environment of the Chinese people was very poor,with no guarantee of medical and health benefits.With the growth of the Chinese economy,the establishment of a charitable organization that benefits the whole Chinese community has become an urgent requirement for the Chinese society.Disclosure of the "Yi Temple Scandal" in 1869,forcing the British Hong Kong Government to adjust the ruling policy,and the Tung Wah Hospital came into being under the pushing of Chinese businessman.After the establishment of the Tung Wah Hospital,the scale of the hospital has been expanding.Apart from offering various kinds of charitable services to the residents of Hong Kong,Tung Wah Hospital's welldoing has also benefited the people of the Mainland China.Tung Wah Hospital's charitable activities in the mainland can be divided into three categories,that is relief of disaster compatriots,helping refugees stranded in Hong Kong and the Chinese to bury their ancestral home.During the periods of the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China,Tung Wah Hospital not only actively participant in the various natural disaster relief activities in the mainland,but also transfer the remains of Chinese from overseas to help them to bury in their native places.At the same time,Tung Wah Hospital trys to give proper resettlement to refugees from the mainland in the light of different circumstances.The donations mainly made by the Prime Minister of the Tung Wah Hospital,besides,there are many from the British Hong Kong Government,outside local governments and other Chinese social organizations,which provide a material basis for Tung Wah Hospital's inland charity activities.And in the course of specific activities,its continuous improvement of organizational management and operation also ensure the rational and efficient use of charitable resources.In the process of carrying out charitable activities in the mainland,based on the needs of the cross-regional charitable activities,Tung Wah Hospital has established extensive links with Mainland Government departments,charitable institutions and local organizations through the Prime Minister's personal network.These links are intertwined and gradually form its social network in the mainland,so that the charity network of Tung Wah Hospital can be further expanded.Tung Wah Hospital has a wide range of inland charitable activities in various forms.Although it is deeply constrained by the political and economic environment in Hong Kong and has some shortcomings,it has provided assistance to the development of charities in mainland China for a long time,as well as,it has alleviated the suffering of the people and reflected the social and political situation in Mainland China to a certainextent.At the same time,Tung Wah Hospital,as the representative body of the Chinese community in Hong Kong,plays an irreplaceable role in strengthening the ties between Chinese in Hong Kong and Mainland.The successful experience of the development of Tung Wah Hospital in modern times is of great significance to the development and transition of charity in China.In the process of charity activities,the close connection bettwen Tung Wah Hospital and the mainland government,social organizations and others,also provide some reference for the exchange and cooperation bettwen charitable organizations in the mainland and Hong Kong and Taiwan.