China Charity Fair (CCF) is the largest national level charity event held in China on an annual basis. The event is co-hosted by the Ministry of Civil Affairs of the People’s Republic of China, State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council, All-China Federation of Industry & Commerce, People’s Government of Guangdong Province, People’s Government of Shenzhen and China Charity Alliance. The fourth CCF will be held in Shenzhen on Sept. 18th-20th at the Shenzhen Conference and Exhibition Center. CCF is expecting more than 1000 organizations to take part in the fair, including international NGOs, local Chinese NGOs, social enterprises and corporate CSR representatives.
The China Charity Fair has several parts to it including a charity gala, a charity project contest, a network and resource exchange platform for funders and non-profits, as well as a group innovation space. The last 3 charity fairs attracted a total of 3,493 organizations, connected 1,052 programs with a total of RMB 6.8 million (approx. US$1 million). The China Charity Fair platform is run by Mshan, an AVPN member.
This year’s Charity Fair will focus on providing a more internationally oriented platform, a more innovative resource exchange platform, a more interactive platform and a more influential public communication platform. Participation and registration to attend the fair is free of charge and can be done directly at their website: http://www.cncf.org.cn/
AVPN is a Strategic Partner for this year’s China Charity Fair – we will be organising 2 panels together with China Development Institute:
A. How can Governments work with the Social Sector for Greater Social Impact?
Moderated by AVPN director, Andrew Muirhead, the panel will also feature other eminent speakers with governmental experience from USA – Paul Carttar, founding director of the Social Innovation Fund, Patricia Lau, Deputy Director of Hong Kong Social Innovation & Enterprise Development Fund, Chloe Huang from Singapore Centre for Social Enterprise, Ken Ito of Japan Venture Philanthropy Fund, Professor Yuan Ruijun of Peking University, Center for Civil Society Studies, and David Galipeau of UNDP.
B. Capacity Building for Charity organisations & Social Enterprises
The panel will be moderated by AVPN’s membership services director, Stacey Choe, including international speakers : Viria Vichit-Vadakan, Thammasat University Thailand, G-Lab Social Innovation Lab, Doris Leung of SVHK, Mavis Meng from British Council, Ding Li from Non-Profit Incubator (NPI) and Alan Wang, Shanghai Be Better Education.
AVPN speakers will also be speaking at concurrent conferences throughout the fair. Please contact us to find out more.
AVPN will be organising a group to participate at the fair under the “AVPN Members” umbrella. Participating members will be able to display at the fair for free but we have limited spaces to extend to members. Availability on first-come-first-served basis, interested members please write to [email protected] for more information.
