Reporter Qi Jing and correspondent Wang Xufeng report.
Recently, the Provincial Department of Education and the Provincial Department of Civil Affairs jointly issued the "Opinions on Strengthening the Management of Education Associations", which put forward clear requirements in standardizing registration management, stimulating development vitality, innovating donation methods, strengthening self-construction, and strengthening business supervision to support public welfare and charitable activities that serve education.
The "Opinions" encourage and support the municipal education administrative departments and provincial undergraduate colleges and universities to initiate the establishment of education committees, and require the education administrative departments to do a good job in supporting the development and standardized management of philanthropy in the field of education within their jurisdictions. It is required that the education committee will effectively strengthen party building, improve the corporate governance structure, implement the democratic decision-making of the board of directors, the supervision system of supervisors or the board of supervisors in accordance with the law, establish and improve financial management, accounting and internal control systems, and prevent and resolve operational risks. Supervise and urge education associations to carry out charitable activities in accordance with law, and must not accept donations with commercial practices, advertising, or violations of the laws of education or social morality; Regulate the use of donated funds, prudently carry out investment in value preservation and appreciation, and scientifically and rationally set up charitable projects.
The "Opinions" also proposes to innovate donation methods, explore the acceptance of tangible and intangible property donations such as housing, valuable, equity, intellectual property rights, etc., and use big data, cloud computing, blockchain and other technologies to create conditions for caring people to participate in public welfare and charity activities nearby. The Education Association should implement the charity information disclosure system, accept the supervision of all sectors of society, and ensure that the charity operation is transparent and transparent; To conscientiously perform charity supervision, the administrative departments of education and colleges and universities should assist professional supervisors and professional supervisory units to do a good job of industry supervision and business guidance for education associations.