Over the past ten years, under the coordination of the Red Cross Society of China, Macau Red Cross worked closely with Macau Government and was able to raise substantial funds in view of its advantagens position in the Macau society. Such funds have been widely used for humanitarian relief and poverty alleviation in Mainland China, making up, on many occasions, for the shortage of funds that should be allocated for poverty alleviation by part of the townships in Mainland China. In accorance with the actual situation of the vulnerable communities (poor people), Macau Red Cross has developed specific assistance and support programs. In the process of implementing these asssistance programs, Macau Red Cross brought to the local grass-root Red Cross branches and the local governments the model used outside China, which  essentially focus on procedures, democracy and efficiency, for poverty alleviation. At the same time, when implementing the disaster relief and poverty alleviation programs, Macau Red Cross accumulated the experience gained from disaster relief programs - "led by the government with the involvement of the community" - and fully understands the complex needs of the country, the particularities of each region and fully respects and relies on the local governments and the recipients for development of projects that would satisfy the local reconstruction conditions or the relief programs, for only through this manner, it is possible to play an active role for the vulnerable groups to promote their right to develop. For instance, as early as 2003, Macau Red Cross has promoted, in 30 provinces and autonomous regions in Mainland China, the "Construction of Schools in the Mainland" program. Up to the present, there are 48 such schools. With the exclusion of the reconstruction works in the earthquake disaster area of Wenchuan, in recent years, through the "Fraternity New Village" program, Macao Red Cross has built over 2000 homes for the vulnerables, having played a positive role in the promotion of the foremost needs of the rural poor people, which are survival and education.

Fom the humanitarian relief activities developed by Macau Red Cross in Mainland China, over the past decade, since the handover, we can witness that Red Cross is a neutral international organization that is above political, racial, religious or ideological issues. In accordance with the principle of unity, as a member of the Chinese Red Cross family, whether in the country's disaster relief or humanitarian poverty alleviation programs, we have played an important and positive role, hand in hand with Hong Kong Red Cross and other Red Cross branches throughout Mainland China.

Under the auspices of the government to mobilize the whole society to participate in poverty reduction and always adhering to the policy of respecting the wishes of the donors, Macau Red Cross has in recent years developed reconstruction projects in the poverty-stricken mountainous areas in the Mainland, and maintains a good working relationship with the local governments in developing poverty alleviation projects. For instance, we ensure that the medical centers donated by us fully integrate with the new rural cooperative medical system, so as to guarantee the sustainable development of these medical centers. At the same time, the implementation of the new rural cooperative system will systemetically guarantee equal rights to health protection for the vulnerable groups. 

Finally, we must see that the connotation of the concept of human rights in China have shown a continuously evolving progress, for we canot simply believe that human rights in China only consist of right to subsistence and development. In this regard, since the publication of the first White Paper on "Human Rights Situation in China", in 1991, China's official human rights perspective has constantly developed and been amended to gradually integrate with the international process. During the past 20 years, China's official views on human rights have gone through from class human rights to denial of universal rights, and then basic civil rights to replace natural human rights.  Then, the dispute between the universality of human rights and the particularity of human rights. The signing of the United Nations "International Convention on Civil and Political Rights" and "International Convenant on Civil and Political Rights" in 1997 constitute an important landmark. In addition,  the Chinese Government has recognized the rights of an individual and the collective human rights.