Two public welfare projects of the China Children and Teenagers' Fund (CCTF) won honors at the 12th China Charity Awards in Beijing on September 5.

The China Charity Award was set up by the Ministry of Civil Affairs in 2005. It is the highest domestic State-level award for charitable undertakings.

Two award-winning projects of the CCTF are the Spring Bud Companionship and the People's Armed Police Force Spring Bud programs.

Photo shows the certificate of honor and trophy won by the Spring Bud Companionship project at the 12th China Charity Awards in Beijing on September 5.

The Spring Bud Companionship project was launched by the CCTF in 2017. It is mainly designed to provide the high school Spring Bud girls with companionship services like campus visits, camp activities and letter exchanges and focus its assistance to them through school empowerment, social caring, family support and the emphasis on personal development. The objective is to help them acquire a deeper understanding of themselves and the society, grow up healthy, and develop self-respect, self-confidence and self-reliance.

So far, the public welfare project has provided financial assistance and other forms of aids to 48,000 Spring Bud girls in 14 provincial regions across the country and offered 192,000 eligible girls companionship services besides helping them complete their high school studies.

Photo shows the certificate of honor and trophy won by the People's Armed Police Force Spring Bud program at the 12th China Charity Awards in Beijing on September 5.

Statistics show that soldiers of the Chinese People's Armed Police Force (CAPF) have totally donated over 131 million yuan ($17.8 million) to the People's Armed Police Force Spring Bud program, which is mainly implemented in the most impoverished "three regions and three prefectures," ethnic and revolutionary areas, over the past three decades. They have built 13 schools, 72 children's activity centers, 12 multimedia rooms and libraries, and assisted 27,000 disadvantaged girls in the completion of their academic studies.

In its next step, the CCTF pledged to fulfill its fundamental obligations in fostering talents for the Party and the country, and pool the strength of people from all social sectors toward the healthy development of children.