The Red Cross Society of China (RCSC), one of China's leading government-sponsored charity organizations, launched a pilot online database on July 31 to disclose donation information.

Information on donations to the RCSC national organization after January 11, 2010 is available on the database. Users can search online for information by donors' names [http://fabu.redcross.org.cn/].

Moreover, netizens can examine the RCSC's 2010 audits and fiscal reports on the website.

The RCSC said the Chinese Red Cross Foundation and its local branches were setting up online databases, hoping to publicize all their donations in two years.