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China
Region
Asia and the Pacific
Human Development Index Ranking (UNDP, 2022)
82
Population (UNFPA, 2025)
1416.1 million

Volunteer statistics (ILO)*

Source: ILOSTATS. The data is collected by ILO from national statistical offices. As national statistics on volunteer work are produced using a variety of approaches and tools, direct and cross-country comparisons are not recommended. For more information, visit https://ilostat.ilo.org/topics/volunteer-work/

No data

Measurement work

Data source

  • 2007
  • 2008
    • Time Use Survey
  • 2009
  • 2010
  • 2011
  • 2012
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  • 2014
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  • 2022
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  • 2025

Laws, Policies, Schemes on Volunteering

Does the country have a piece of legislation on volunteering?

Yes

Regulations for China Volunteer Service

 

Year 2017
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Yes

Beijing Volunteer Service Promotion Regulation

Year 2021
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Yes

Charity Law of the People's Republic of China

Year 2016
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Does the country have a national policy, scheme, plan or strategy specific to volunteering?

Yes

Name of specific policy, strategy or plan on volunteering at the national level. Year created Source link What are the relevant SDG areas/crosscutting themes of the policy, plan scheme or strategy?

China Youth Volunteers Overseas Service Program (Also known as China Foreign Aid Youth Volunteers Program)

 2002 View source

Promoting the Institutionalization of Voluntary Services

 2014 View source

Provisionary Regulation on Selection and Management of Youth Volunteers to Provide Aids Overseas

 2022 View source

Does the country have a sectoral and cross-sectoral policy, scheme, plan or strategy that mentions volunteering?

No

VNR Reporting

Executive Summary of China’s Actions on the Implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

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No mention No mention

China's VNR Report on Implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

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No mention No mention

UNSDCF Reporting

United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework for the People's Republic of China 2021-2025

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SDG symbol

Volunteering integrated into the narrative text of the UNSDCF

Paragraph 1, page 18

The UN will utilize volunteering as means to promote people-to-people exchanges.

No mention
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