Millions of people benefit from charity lottery

时间：2007-07-31 06:50:05

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Chinanews, Shanghai, July 30 – July 27, 2007 was the 20th anniversary of the release of China Charity Lottery1, from which more than 80.9 billion yuan of donations have been collected, and more than 10 million people have benefited from it.

 

In the 1980s, social charity in China faced the biggest financial problem ever, but there were more than 150 million people in need of urgent aid. Statistics show that there were no community services in the country then, and 50% of rural areas wanted for old-age care centers.

 

Thus in 1986, the Ministry2 of Civil Affairs initiated3 the release of China Charity Lottery, when the first lottery ticket was sold in Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province in 1987.

 

By last June 30, the total sales value of China Charity Lottery reached 242.3 billion yuan, and more than 150 thousand charity projects had been funded by it.

 
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1 lottery 43MyV     
n.抽彩；碰运气的事，难于算计的事
参考例句：
  • He won no less than ￡5000 in the lottery.他居然中了5000英镑的奖券。
  • They thought themselves lucky in the lottery of life.他们认为自己是变幻莫测的人生中的幸运者。
2 ministry kD5x2     
n.(政府的)部；牧师
参考例句：
  • They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
  • We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。
3 initiated 9cd5622f36ab9090359c3cf3ca4ddda3     
n. 创始人 adj. 新加入的 vt. 开始，创始，启蒙，介绍加入
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  • He has not yet been thoroughly initiated into the mysteries of computers. 他对计算机的奥秘尚未入门。
  • The artist initiated the girl into the art world in France. 这个艺术家介绍这个女孩加入巴黎艺术界。

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