I. The main sources of funding for the Red Cross:
1. Dues paid by Red Cross members.
2. Donations from organizations and individuals inside and outside China.
3. Income from movable and immovable property.
4. Grants from the People's Government.
5. Other legal income.
2. Personnel Requirements of the Red Cross Society:
Citizens of the People's Republic of China (PRC), irrespective of ethnicity, race, sex, occupation, religious beliefs, or educational procedures, who abide by the Law of the PRC on the Red Cross Society, who recognize the Statutes of the Red Cross Society of China, and who voluntarily pay their dues, may apply for membership in the Red Cross Society.
Individual members shall apply for membership by themselves, be approved by the Red Cross Society at the grass-roots level, be reported to the Red Cross Society at or above the county level for the record, and be issued a membership card before their membership qualifications are confirmed and they become individual members; if the grass-roots Red Cross Society has not been set up in the place where the individual is domiciled or where the individual's work unit is located, he or she may apply for membership directly to the Red Cross Society at the county level where his or her work unit or household is domiciled.
Organs, enterprises, institutions and related organizations that wish to join the Red Cross collectively must submit a written application for approval by the Red Cross at or above the county level, which will be issued a certificate and placard, and will become a member of the Red Cross as a group.
Red Cross societies at or above the county level may directly recognize units and individuals who have made a significant contribution to the cause of the Red Cross as members.
Expanded Information:
The International Committee of the Red Cross was founded on February 9, 1863, at the initiative of Swiss Henri Dunant. At that time it was known as the "International Committee for the Relief of Wounded Soldiers" and changed its name to the present one in 1880. It is the first Red Cross organization in the world and a civil society organization in Switzerland.
It is composed entirely of Swiss citizens and is protected and bound by Swiss law, with its headquarters in Geneva. Its supreme authority is the annual general assembly, which is closed by an executive board that directs day-to-day affairs. The purpose of the Board is to do good in war.
Based on the Geneva Conventions, the Commission is able to act as a neutral body for the protection and relief of war victims, to receive allegations of violations of humanitarian conventions, to work for the improvement and dissemination of humanitarian conventions, and to cooperate with interested groups in the training of medical personnel and the development of medical equipment.