In 2010, the China Charity Federation received 6 billion yuan ($909 million) worth of donations from domestic and foreign entities and individuals, while the sum was 4.6 billion yuan ($697 million) in 2009, said Fan Baojun, at the Third High-Level Forum of Enterprises' Social Responsibility on March 9 in Beijing.

Fan said in recent years, the awareness of citizens, especially entrepreneurs, in participating in charity has increased.

At present, the federation operates 10 charity programs, each worth 100 million yuan ($15 million). But he said eight of the 10 programs are from foreign multinational companies' donations while only two are from domestic donations.