The earliest lottery activities in China started from the people. 1880 or so, Liu Xue of Hangzhou issued "Wei surname" when he took the exam in Beijing. The rule is that each candidate's surname is printed on paper and sold at a fixed price. Buyers fill in the last name of the selected list. After the list is published, they will win the first, second and third prizes in turn according to the number of guesses. When the imperial examination was not abolished, "Wei surname" was popular in Guangdong. In the early years of Guangxu, he also donated the "Wei surname" to help pay.
The earliest lottery ticket officially issued in China was the "Hubei Donation Voucher" approved by Zhang Zhidong, Governor of Huguang in the late Qing Dynasty. Since then, Zhejiang, Anhui, Shandong, Henan, Hunan, Gansu, Guangdong and other provinces have successively issued lottery tickets. In the early years of the Republic of China, the Provisional Constitution of the Republic of China explicitly prohibited the issuance of lottery tickets. Seven years after the Republic of China, that is, 19 18 years later, provincial governors issued various "retrocessions" and "economic realities". Lottery tickets in the name of charity have spread all over the country, such as "Hubei Military Rehabilitation Award Ticket", "Hunan Relief Ticket", "Zhejiang Shaoxiaotang Work Ticket", "Shandong Xingye Ticket", "Zhongyi Ticket", "Boshan Glass Ticket", "Lu Songfu Lottery" and "Champagne Ticket" in the Happy Valley Hall of Old Shanghai.
1933 in may, the Kuomintang central government issued the "aviation highway construction lottery". At the beginning of the first phase, the Kuomintang government promulgated the Regulations on Lottery for Aviation Highway Construction, which stipulated that "in order to raise funds for the development of aviation highway construction, the Kuomintang government secretly issued 500,000 lottery tickets four times a year, each at a price of 10 yuan"; It is also stipulated that "50% of the proceeds from each issuance will be raised by the National Government, which will be used for the development of aviation and the construction of highways in addition to the issuance and office expenses and commissions." The remaining 50% is bonus, and its grade distribution is as follows: first prize 1 name, 500,000 yuan; Two second prizes, each 654.38+10,000 yuan, * * * 200,000 yuan; ..... a total of * * * winning 50645 notes, * * * a total of 2499 10 yuan ". Later, the Kuomintang central government also issued the "Yellow River Lottery" and so on.
In addition, the Zhejiang provincial government issued the "West Lake Expo Award Travel Voucher" on 1929; The Shanghai Municipal Government has also issued "Jewelry Lottery" and "House Lottery".
Lottery in New China is the product of reform and opening up. With the in-depth development of economic reform and opening up, the competition is becoming more and more fierce. The problems of old age, disability and poverty in society are becoming more and more prominent; In particular, the living conditions of lonely old people and orphans are becoming more and more difficult. National and local governments have been unable to provide more money to increase this expenditure, and collective financing channels are not enough. Judging from the 100 countries we have collected, it can be said that all countries in the world issue lottery tickets for the development of social welfare charities, including socialist countries such as the former Soviet Union. In this case, it is logical to issue lottery tickets to raise funds to start welfare undertakings.
1987 On June 3rd, with the approval of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, China Social Welfare Prize-winning Donation Committee (hereinafter referred to as "China Donation Committee") was established in Beijing. This is the first lottery management organization approved by the CPC Central Committee and the State Council after the founding of New China. The purpose of the Committee is to unite people from all walks of life who are enthusiastic about social welfare, carry forward the spirit of socialist humanitarianism, raise social welfare funds, set up welfare undertakings for the disabled, the elderly and orphans, and subsidize the needy. Its task is to unify the organization, planning and implementation of prize-winning fund-raising work, and to allocate and manage the social welfare funds raised. Hold key demonstration social welfare and rehabilitation projects, organize and carry out social welfare publicity activities with prizes and donations, and appeal to all sectors of society to care about social welfare undertakings, mobilize social forces and promote the development of social welfare undertakings.