In the wake of the Sino-Japanese War, the enlightenment movement of the Chinese Red Cross began to emerge. Educated people used newspapers and magazines such as Xinbo as a means of promoting the Red Cross. Sun Zhongshan, Sun Gan, Lu Shufan, Shen Dunhe...
In the wake of the Sino-Japanese War, the enlightenment movement of the Chinese Red Cross began to emerge. Educated people used newspapers and magazines such as Xinbo as a means of promoting the Red Cross. Sun Zhongshan, Sun Gan, Lu Shufan, Shen Dunhe, and others introduced the Red Cross rescue knowledge system to China, and on March 10, 1904, the Chinese Red Cross Society was born. During the Republic of China era, the Chinese Red Cross movement entered a period of modernization and development, during which field ambulance services, organizing public medical and health services, developing social aid and welfare services, and participating in international rescue were the main tasks of the Red Cross. In the early years of the founding of the new China, the Chinese Red Cross was successfully reorganized during the period of socialist construction. During the planned economy, the Chinese Red Cross returned to its legitimate place, participating in battlefield ambulance services to the United States and North Korea, actively conducting patriotic health campaigns in China, and engaging in civilian diplomacy. While domestic Red Cross activities stagnated during the Cultural Revolution, overseas Red Cross operations continued to operate normally. The promulgation of the Chinese Red Cross Society Law in 1993, during the market economy, was a landmark event. During this period, the idea of building a Red Cross cause with Chinese characteristics was put forward, emergency rescue work was carried out in an orderly manner, and humanitarian assistance and services were continuously expanded. In addition, the ability to mobilize humanitarian resources has been greatly strengthened, humanitarian cultural dissemination has been carried out in depth, exchanges between the Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan Red Crosses have been deepened, and the role of members of the international Red Cross movement and civil diplomacy has been effectively played. Members of the international Red Cross movement and civilian diplomacy have effectively played their roles. At the same time, the organizational system and governance structure of the Red Cross have also been gradually improved. Entering a new era, the Opinions on Strengthening and Improving the Work of Party Organizations issued by the CPC Central Committee in 2015 and the Reform Program of the Chinese Red Cross Society issued by the General Secretary of the State Council in 2018 emphasized that the Chinese Red Cross cause is an important part of the socialist cause with Chinese characteristics and that the Chinese Red Cross Society is a bridge and link for the Party and government to reach out to the public in the humanitarian field. The Red Cross work with Chinese characteristics has been developing for nearly 120 years and has made remarkable achievements, but now faces many opportunities and challenges.