On November 12th, the China Global Philanthropy Institute, a joint initiative of five philanthropists including Bill Gates, was inaugurated at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing. Zou Ming, vice minister of Civil Affairs, Xu Qing, mayor of Shenzhen city, Bill Gates, founder of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Jack Ma, executive chairman of Alibaba Group, and other philanthropists attended the inauguration ceremony.
The Institute is the first of its kind in China to have been jointly started by Chinese and American philanthropists. It aims to help nurture talents for China’s charity sector and to provide an important platform for international cooperation. At the ceremony, the philanthropists discussed the developments and challenges inherent in the development of philanthropic education. They also proposed a joint philanthropic education initiative. It would include a Global Philanthropy Institute mentorship program, through which a philanthropic education training system could be built.