On February 1, 2002, the Foundation, in conjunction with the China Red Cross Foundation and with the support of party and government departments such as the United Front Work Department of the Central Committee of China***, the Central Committee of the Peasants' and Workers' Democratic Party, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Culture, the State Food and Drug Administration, and the State Postal Bureau, launched a ten-year large-scale public welfare activity - the "China Health Poverty Alleviation Project".