The China Welfare Institute (CWI; 中国福利会) is a Chinese non-governmental organization founded by Soong Ching Ling, the wife of Sun Yat-sen, in Hong Kong on June 14, 1938. It is one of the oldest and most influential NGOs nationwide in China.
The institute was originally known as the China Defense League; after WWII, it was renamed as the China Welfare Fund and in 1950, it took its present name of the China Welfare Institute. Shanghai Soong Ching Ling Foundation website, Chronological Table
The institute worked on improving conditions for women and children. As part of this, the CWI ran two publishing houses, the Children's Epoch Magazine House and CWI Publishing House; the two merged in 2007 to form the China Welfare Institute Publishing House Company. China Children’s Book Fair website China Welfare Institute Publishing House Co., Ltd. In 2008, the CWI also set up the Soon Ching Ling School which had almost 1,000 students in 2024. University of California International Institute website, Shanghai
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External links China Welfare Institute website (English) China Welfare Institute website - Archive (English)