中華人民共和國公益事業(yè)捐贈法

Welfare Donations Law of the People's Republic of China

People's Republic of China Public Welfare Donation Law

（1999年6月28日第九屆全國人民代表大會常務(wù)委員會第十次會議通過1999年6月28日中華人民共和國主席令第十九號公布自1999年9月1日起施行）

(Adopted by the 10th Session of the Standing Committee of the Ninth National People's Congress on 28 June 1999)

Passed by the 10th meeting of the Standing Committee of the 9th National People's Congress on 6/28/99, to take effect on 9/1/99.

第一章總則

Chapter 1: General Provisions

No. 1 GENERAL PRINCIPLES

第一條為了鼓勵捐贈，規(guī)范捐贈和受贈行為，保護(hù)捐贈人、受贈人和受益人的合法權(quán)益，促進(jìn)公益事業(yè)的發(fā)展，制定本法。

Article 1: This Law is formulated for the purpose of encouraging donations and standardizing the behaviors of both donation and receipt of donation; protecting the legitimate rights and interests of the donor, the recipient and the beneficiary; and promoting public welfare undertakings.

Article 1 These regulations are drawn up in order to encourage donations; standardize the behaviour of donors and recipients [shou zeng]; protect the legal rights of donors, recipients and beneficiaries; and promote the development of public welfare undertakings.

第二條自然人、法人或者其他組織自愿無償向依法成立的公益性社會團(tuán)體和公益性非營利的事業(yè)單位捐贈財(cái)產(chǎn)，用于公益事業(yè)的，適用本法。

Article 2: This Law applies to any natural person, legal person, or other organization that is willing to donate assets to any legally established social bodies engaged in public welfare and to non?profit welfare administration units for the use of public welfare undertakings.

Article 2 Individuals, legal representatives [faren], and other organisations may voluntarily and freely make contributions to public welfare social organisations [gongyixing shehui tuanti] and public welfare non-profit institutional work units [gongyixing feiyingli de shiye danwei] to be applied according to these regulations for use in public welfare undertakings.

第三條本法所稱公益事業(yè)是指非營利的下列事項(xiàng)：

Article 3: The public welfare undertakings stated in this Law refer to the following non-profit activities:

Article 3 The following non-profit activities shall be deemed public welfare undertakings to which the regulations apply:

（一）救助災(zāi)害、救濟(jì)貧困、扶助殘疾人等困難的社會群體和個人的活動；

1. Activities carried out by social bodies and individuals to provide disaster relief, aid the poor, and give support and assistance to the physically disabled;

I.Disaster relief, poverty alleviation, and assistance to the handicapped, as well as activities for social groups [shehui tuanti] and individuals in straightened circumstances.

（二）教育、科學(xué)、文化、衛(wèi)生、體育事業(yè)；

2. Educational, scientific, cultural, public health, and sports undertakings;

II.Education, scientific, cultural, public health, and athletic undertakings.

（三）環(huán)境保護(hù)、社會公共設(shè)施建設(shè)；

3. Construction of environmental protection facilities and public utilities in society;

III.Environmental protection and construction of public facilities.

（四）促進(jìn)社會發(fā)展和進(jìn)步的其他社會公共和福利事業(yè)。

4. Other public and welfare undertakings in society that aim to promote social development and progress.

IV.Other public welfare undertakings promoting social development and progress.

第四條捐贈應(yīng)當(dāng)是自愿和無償?shù)模箯?qiáng)行攤派或者變相攤派，不得以捐贈為名從事營利活動。

Article 4: Donations should be made on a voluntary and nonreimbursable basis. Any forced apportion or any covert act of apportion will be prohibited, and no one may engage in profitmaking activities of any kind under the guise of donation.

Article 4 Donations should be voluntarily and freely given. It is forbidden to forcefully or covertly extract donations, or to use the name of the donor in a for-profit enterprise.

第五條捐贈財(cái)產(chǎn)的使用應(yīng)當(dāng)尊重捐贈人的意愿，符合公益目的，不得將捐贈財(cái)產(chǎn)挪作他用。

Article 5: The use of donated assets ought to be based on the will of the donor and remain in keeping with public welfare purposes. No one is allowed to divert donated assets earmarked for public welfare to other uses.

Article 5 Donations should be used in a manner respecting the wishes of the donor, and conforming with the end purpose of public welfare. Donated property may not be diverted to other purposes.

第六條捐贈應(yīng)當(dāng)遵守法律、法規(guī)，不得違背社會公德，不得損害公共利益和其他公民的合法權(quán)益。

Article 6: Donations should be made in observation of relevant laws, rules, and regulations; and must not transgress social morality, or impair public interests and other legitimate rights and interests of citizens.

Article 6 Donors should abide by laws and regulations; they should not violate social mores, and should not work against the public interest, or any other people's lawful interests.

第七條公益性社會團(tuán)體受贈的財(cái)產(chǎn)及其增值為社會公共財(cái)產(chǎn)，受國家法律保護(hù)，任何單位和個人不得侵占、挪用和損毀。

Article 7: The donated assets received by social bodies engaged in public welfare as well as the any value added to such donated assets are all public assets of the society and are under the protection of relevant state laws. No unit or individual is allowed to encroach upon, divert for other purposes, or cause damage to donated assets.

Article 7 Donations received by public welfare organisations add to the value of society, and therefore receive the protection of the nation's laws from seizure, embezzlement, or damage by any work unit or individual.

第八條國家鼓勵公益事業(yè)的發(fā)展，對公益性社會團(tuán)體和公益性非營利的事業(yè)單位給予扶持和優(yōu)待。

Article 8: The State encourages the development of public welfare undertakings, and extends support and preferential treatment to social bodies engaged in public welfare and non?profit welfare administration units.

Article 8 The state encourages the development of public welfare undertakings, and grants support and preferential treatment to public welfare social organisations and public welfare non-profit institutional work units.

國家鼓勵自然人、法人或者其他組織對公益事業(yè)進(jìn)行捐贈。

The state encourages natural persons, legal persons, or other organizations to make donations to public welfare undertakings.

The country encourages individuals, legal representatives, and other organisations to donate to public welfare undertakings.

對公益事業(yè)捐贈有突出貢獻(xiàn)的自然人、法人或者其他組織，由人民政府或者有關(guān)部門予以表彰。

Those natural persons, legal persons, or other organizations that have made outstanding contributions by making donations to public welfare undertakings will be commended by the people's governments or relevant departments in charge.

The government has granted commendations to individuals, legal representatives, or other organisations that have made notable contributions to public welfare undertakings.

對捐贈人進(jìn)行公開表彰，應(yīng)當(dāng)事先征求捐贈人的意見。

The consent of the donor should first be sought before any public commendation is extended to the donor.

Before undertaking public commendation of donors, the donor's opinion must first be solicited.

第二章捐贈和受贈

Chapter II: Donation And Receipt Of Donation

No. 2 DONORS AND RECIPIENTS

第九條自然人、法人或者其他組織可以選擇符合其捐贈意愿的公益性社會團(tuán)體和公益性非營利的事業(yè)單位進(jìn)行捐贈。捐贈的財(cái)產(chǎn)應(yīng)當(dāng)是其有權(quán)處分的合法財(cái)產(chǎn)。

Article 9: Natural persons, legal persons, or other organizations can choose to make donations to the social bodies engaged in public welfare and non?profit welfare administration units that fit their donation intentions. The assets they donate should be the legitimate assets to which they have the right of disposal.

Article 9 Individuals, legal representatives, or other organisations may choose to donate to any public welfare social organisation or public welfare non-profit institutional work unit that is conducting activities. Donations should be the lawful property of the donor.

第十條公益性社會團(tuán)體和公益性非營利的事業(yè)單位可以依照本法接受捐贈。

Article 10: Social bodies engaged in public welfare and non?profit welfare administration units are allowed to receive donations in accordance with this Law.

Article 10 Public welfare social organisations and public welfare non-profit institutional work units can receive donations according to these regulations.

本法所稱公益性社會團(tuán)體是指依法成立的，以發(fā)展公益事業(yè)為宗旨的基金會、慈善組織等社會團(tuán)體。

The social bodies engaged in public welfare stated in this Law refer to legally established social bodies that aim to develop public welfare undertakings.

Regulations of so-called public welfare social organisations are established with the principle aim of developing charities and other social organisations.

本法所稱公益性非營利的事業(yè)單位是指依法成立的，從事公益事業(yè)的不以營利為目的的教育機(jī)構(gòu)、科學(xué)研究機(jī)構(gòu)、醫(yī)療衛(wèi)生機(jī)構(gòu)、社會公共文化機(jī)構(gòu)、社會公共體育機(jī)構(gòu)和社會福利機(jī)構(gòu)等。

The non-profit welfare administration units stated in this Law refer to legally established educational organs, scientific research organs, medical and public health organs, social and public cultural organs, social and public sports organs, and social welfare organs that are engaged in public welfare undertakings with no profit?making purposes.

Regulations of so-called public welfare non-profit institutional work units apply to organisations engaged in working towards public welfare non-profit purposes including education organisations, scientific research organisations, medical and public health organisations, social welfare organisations and so on.