1 July, 9991day, RBF merged with Stamford fund, bringing the total value of the fund to about 670 million dollars. Shortly after the merger, according to the opportunities that China and the world will face in the 2/KLOC-0 century, the Foundation drafted a strategic review outline for systematically evaluating all projects. In June 2003, the new RBF project system was implemented. The new project system will revitalize the RBF project structure by improving the attention, consistency and efficiency of pressing social and environmental issues.
By the end of 2004, the total value of the fund reached 742,654,38 US dollars+076,000 euros. The financial support budget for 2005 is $23,493,000.