Project Hope

Nanfang Daily reports (link in Chinese) that Alipay, China's biggest online payment platform, is already providing its services for free to almost 50 non-profit organizations. This is particularly interesting, given that the demographic profile of Alipay users (higher than average income and education levels) suggests that they are also more likely to give to charity.

Non-profit organizations using Alipay for online donations include Project Hope, Red Cross Society of China, and the China Charity Federation. As previously noted on this blog, Chinese law only permits organizations registered as foundations to publicly seek donations.