CHINA'S MOST GENEROUS


The Rajawali Foundation Institute for Asia’s China Philanthropy Project

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Overview


This annually updated original database features top philanthropic donations by individuals and organizations in Mainland China. Through the visualization of data in charts and graphs, our research tracks the geography of China-based giving and receiving, the range of causes supported, and the industries represented by this giving. We also highlight levels of individual generosity, which measures giving as a percentage of an individual’s publicly disclosed net worth. Given reporting lags by many foundations and government, the data below are the most recent available and cover the 2021 calendar year.

$14.08 Billion

Top 100 Individuals Donation: $3.27 Billion

Top 100 Organizations Donation: $3.55 Billion

62.62% of Total National Giving

Top 10 - Giving


1

Wang Xing

¥14857 Million
2

Tencent Holdings Limited

¥1911.33 Million
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  • Focus Causes: Education, Disaster Relief, Social Welfare, Public Health, Unrestricted, Unspecified
3

Contemporary Amperex Technology Co.,Ltd.

¥1374.22 Million
4

Taikang Insurance Group Co. Limited

¥1341.24 Million
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  • Focus Causes: Education, Social Welfare, Public Health, Unrestricted, Culture and Sports, Unspecified
5

Alibaba Group

¥1205.23 Million
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  • Focus Causes: Education, Disaster Relief, Social Welfare, Environment, Poverty Alleviation, Culture and Sports, Unspecified
6

Li Yongxin

¥1005 Million
7

Xu Hang

¥1000 Million
8

China Three Gorges Corporation

¥872.03 Million
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  • Focus Causes: Education, Disaster Relief, Unspecified, Public Health, Unrestricted
9

China COSCO Shipping Co.,Ltd.

¥793.07 Million
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  • Focus Causes: Social Welfare, Unrestricted, Unspecified
10

Country Garden Holdings Co.,Ltd.

¥688.43 Million
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  • Focus Causes: Education, Social Welfare, Poverty Alleviation, Unspecified

Top 10 - Generosity


1

Wang Xing

¥14857 Million
2

Qiu Zixin

¥260 Million
3

Yu Renrong

¥40.75 Million
4

Yang Yuanqing

¥100 Million
5

Shao Genhuo

¥150 Million
6

Li Dongsheng

¥100 Million
7

Fang Hongbo

¥90 Million
8

Xu Hang

¥1000 Million
9

Yan Juran

¥25.12 Million
10

Shen Guorong

¥20 Million

Gender Inequality


China’s top individual philanthropists are still overwhelmingly male. Among the 100 donors in the “Individuals - Total Giving” list, only 12 are women, while 6 are family donors and 76 are male. Xu Xin, founder of Capital Today, donated $10.01 million to Nanjing University Education Development Foundation, ranking her the top female donor and 16th in our top individual donors list.





76 male philanthropists


12 female philanthropists


6 families

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