Hua Ford Foundation, the chief representative of Beijing Representative Office of Ford Foundation, is directly responsible for the financial support of the project in China. The chief representative and five project officials come from all over the world. They look for meaningful opportunities in the project field of our office, carefully examine project applications, and design projects in cooperation with potential recipients, so as to recommend projects to new york headquarters for funding.

From the establishment of the office of/kloc-0 in June, 1988 to 5438+0 in September, 2006, the total funding provided by the Foundation in China has reached $654.38+28 million. According to the development priorities of China, when the Foundation Office was established in 1988, its activities focused on three areas: economy, law and international relations. With the evolution of China's own needs and development priorities, the Ford Foundation's project work in China also has new contents. 1989-90 has added projects such as environment and development and reproductive health, which shows that we have begun to pay attention to the poverty problem that has long plagued remote and underdeveloped areas. On the other hand, the China Project hopes to promote the use of comprehensive methods to solve long-standing problems in reproductive health. 200 1 The latest development is the increase of educational and cultural projects. After more than 20 years of economic reform, the complexity and long-term nature of the reform are becoming more and more obvious. Researchers and government officials in China are increasingly aware that not all social changes brought about by economic reform are positive, and some of them are quite difficult to understand and adjust. At the same time, people are increasingly aware that to solve the problems faced by China, it is necessary to tap the creative potential of all China people, including those who work in non-governmental organizations.