Amity Foundation

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Further information: List of charities in the People's Republic of China
The Amity Foundation Headquarters, Nanjing, China

The Amity Foundation (simplified Chinese: 爱德基金会; traditional Chinese: 愛德基金會; pinyin: Àidé Jījīnhuì) is an independent Chinese voluntary organization.[1] As of 2010 it is the largest charity in China.[2] It was created in 1985 on the initiative of Christians in China, with the late bishop K. H. Ting as its founder.[3] Its main objective has been to help develop poor areas of the country.[4] Amity's headquarters are in Nanjing. The organization includes the Amity Printing Company (APC, also sometimes called Amity Printing Press),[5] the largest Bible producer in China. Amity Printing Company opened a branch in Ethiopia in 2016. Amity Foundation has an office in Hong Kong[6] and opened a liaison office in the Ecumenical Center of the World Council of Churches[7] in Geneva in 2017.

  1. ^ "Reference in Chinese Charity overview". Chinacsrmap.org. Archived from the original on 2012-03-10. Retrieved 2013-07-10.
  2. ^ Breaking a circle of ignorance and crime Archived 2014-05-29 at the Wayback Machine, Beijing Today, January 13, 2010
  3. ^ John Peale (2005). The Love of God in China: Can One Be Both Chinese and Christian?. iUniverse. p. 56. ISBN 978-0-595-33619-7.
  4. ^ "Amity website". Archived from the original on March 11, 2010.
  5. ^ "Welcome To Amity Printing CO.,LTD". Amityprinting.com. Retrieved 2013-07-10.
  6. ^ "Hong Kong Office".
  7. ^ "World Council of Churches".