It's probably a little bit too early to say philanthropy education in China is about to take off, but something is happening.
Youth Philanthropy Academy launched the first curriculum in China taking a systematic approach to teach philanthropy to middle school students.
Youth Philanthropy Academy was launched in Shanghai on Thanksgiving Day in 2017, while the current youth philanthropy landscape is like a vacuum.
The criticism faced by Pan Shiyi and Zhang Xin, the real estate billionaire couple, on their $15million gift to Harvard University reflects accurately the two challenges of moving Chinese philanthropy forward to the next level.
Bill Gates will help start a new program at Beijing Normal University focused on philanthropic education. Gates and the school agreed to the effort in June, and will work to raise $16.1 million a year from the well-off in the U.S. and China.