Counting Cao's accumulated donation of 26 billion yuan, we found that most of them were donated through the foundation managed by Cao's family, instead of China Red Cross and china charity federation, which we are familiar with.
In a program interview, the host Cao asked: Why not donate money through these official organizations?
Cao jokingly replied: if public finances can be made public, I will also donate money.
1. Is the China Red Cross trustworthy?
The "Red Cross" in China was originally an "exotic", which can be traced back to 1904 at the earliest. At the beginning, it only carried out rescue and assistance work in the northeast region, which was called "Red Cross Charity Society in the three northeastern provinces". In the Republic of China, it was renamed "China Red Cross Society" and was officially recognized by the International Committee of the Red Cross at 19 12.
The birth of the "Red Cross" has a profound cultural background. First, influenced by the western concept of "humanity" and China's traditional thought of "benevolence"; Second, it was born in a series of life-saving activities triggered by the war at the beginning of last century.
After the founding of New China, the Red Cross Society was reorganized from 65438 to 0950. 1993 10 the state promulgated laws related to the red cross and designated the China red cross as a "social relief organization engaged in humanitarian work". Since then, the Red Cross is no longer limited to general medical and health care activities and social welfare work, but with the changes of national conditions and the world environment, it provides services to the masses more widely.
The Red Cross Society of China has the characteristics of a humanitarian organization and has developed rapidly. It has more than 90,000 grass-roots organizations and170,000 members, and has been actively participating in humanitarian relief activities.
"Where there are difficulties, there is the Red Cross." For some time, the slogan of the Red Cross has been deeply rooted in people's hearts. However, in recent years, this slogan has sounded particularly ironic.
On 20 1 1 year, the "Guo Meimei Incident" broke out, which made the credibility of China Red Cross society decline again and again. With the focus of the media, the ugliness and scandals of the China Red Cross also surfaced, such as: the sky-high meal ticket of 9859 yuan, writing false letters about Project Hope to defraud money, and so on.
The outbreak of the epidemic in 2020 is a rare opportunity for the Red Cross to win the trust of the Chinese people, but the China Red Cross has once again been pushed to the forefront. Unreasonable distribution of materials, chaotic management and opaque information have made the trust of the Red Cross fall to the bottom. Even CCTV reporters were stopped by security guards to visit and cut off the live broadcast. Afterwards, the Red Cross even misdated the official apology statement.
Many people in China want to ask not only the Red Cross, but also whether they are qualified to do charity. The same question, and China "glass king" cao.
Second, the most stringent donors.
Heren Charity Foundation was established with donations from Cao and his wife, and named after Cao's father.
20 1 1 On May 5, 2008, Mr. and Mrs. Cao announced that they would donate 300 million shares of Fuyao Glass and set up the Heren Charity Foundation. All the funds of the foundation come from stocks and dividends donated by Cao and his wife. Even the tax of more than 500 million yuan transferred from the shares to the foundation was paid by Cao He and his wife.
Talking about the original intention of setting up the foundation, Cao said: I want to set an example for the rich in China, and let the rich in China give some money to help the poor.
In 20021year, He Ren Foundation donated 654.38+0 billion yuan to establish Fuyao University of Science and Technology to solve the shortage of domestic manufacturing talents. In the recent floods in Henan, Heren Charity Foundation once again donated 654.38 billion yuan to Henan. When major disasters occurred in almost all parts of the country, the Foundation lent a helping hand and gave generously in Caodu. Even in the low period of Fuyao Glass's business development, Cao will insist on donating money.
From 1983 to 2020, Cao donated a total of 26 billion yuan, so Cao was affectionately called "the first good in China" by the public.
In a financial program, the host Cao asked: Why not donate money through charity?
Cao replied: If they can disclose their financial, operational and donation procedures, I am also willing to donate.
Compared with the Red Cross, the Foundation is called "the strictest charity" in Cao.
From the beginning of the establishment of Heren Charity Foundation, Cao asked the Foundation to conduct standardized management like a listed company, and regularly disclose the use and destination of donations to the society to ensure that every penny is known to the society.
Third, if you want my money, you can disclose the data.
Among Cao's previous donations, there was a donation of 200 million yuan not through the foundation, but through the public offering foundation, but this time, the public offering foundation was exhausted.
20 10 There was a severe drought in five provinces including Guangxi, and Cao donated 200 million yuan to the China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation.
While giving generously, Cao also put forward very harsh conditions: the China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation must deliver 200 million yuan of donations to nearly 654.38+10,000 farmers within six months, the management fee should not exceed 3%, and the error rate should not exceed 654.38+0%. If it is unqualified, it will be compensated by 30 times the donation amount!
In order to accomplish this "arduous" task, the China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation specially sent 70 staff members and collected about 500 volunteers from universities. In the end, donations were distributed to 92 150 affected farmers, and each household received a donation of 2,000 yuan. The error rate is only 0. After the donation, Cao randomly selected 10% of the aided families to check the actual disaster situation again.
Since ancient times, the thorny problem that donations cannot be implemented has been solved by Cao with an open and transparent public welfare model.
Fourth, charitable foundations have mushroomed.
In addition to Cao, more and more entrepreneurs and celebrities have joined the charity.
Han Hong 1
Han Hong started to do charity in 2008, and established the Han Hong Foundation, which is one of the most famous charitable foundations in China. In an interview, Han Hong revealed the reasons for setting up foundations. They donated money to some foundations and charged a lot of management fees. Not only that, many times the goods are not sent to the disaster area at the first time, but are piled up in the warehouse, and the timeliness is greatly reduced under the operation of these foundations.
Therefore, whether it is the COVID-19 in 2020 or the Henan flood in 20021,the Han Hong Foundation will always rush to the disaster area at the first time to help the local people with post-disaster rescue and reconstruction.
2. Louis Koo
Louis Koo, a Hong Kong movie star, launched the "Louis Koo Charity Fund" in 2008, and has been quietly donating money for ten days since then. According to incomplete statistics, Louis Koo has donated 105 primary schools. Charities in Louis Koo are very low-key. It was not until these two years that the media exposed him that the public gradually realized Louis Koo's good deeds.
No wonder there are comments on the Internet that no one can "hack" Louis Koo except the sun.
3. Ma Yun
Ma Yun of Alibaba established Ma Yun Foundation in 20 14, focusing on four areas: education development, medical and environmental protection, entrepreneurship and female leadership.
As a teacher, Ma Yun's foundation holds the Ma Yun Rural Teacher Program every year. This plan has attracted a lot of attention. Every year, 100 outstanding "Ma Yun rural teachers" will be selected, with a total prize of100000 yuan. And until today, Ma Yun's personal Weibo title introduction is the spokesperson of rural teachers.
In addition, Li Ka-shing's Li Ka-shing Foundation, Li's Angel Foundation and Jet Li's One Foundation have all made great contributions to China's charity.
Verb (abbreviation of verb) conclusion
Regarding the problem that the Red Foundation does not disclose its finances, some netizens complained: I give you money, you give my money to people in need, and you can also collect management fees in the middle. But how much did you use and where did you use it? Give me a breakdown. What's so complicated? Why can't you keep giving it?
What is complicated is the human heart, not human greed.
In recent years, there are more and more voices calling for charity legislation, and all aspects of charity should be regulated and restrained by law, so as to fundamentally reduce charity costs, improve charity efficiency and punish fraudulent donors.
I hope that all foundations in China can achieve the "open financial affairs, open operation, open donation procedures and open relief procedures" proposed by Cao Wangde, so as not to make Cao Lao feel cold.