On July 27th, 1987, China's first welfare lottery was sold in Shijiazhuang, Hebei province, marking the birth of welfare lottery. China welfare lottery always adheres to the purpose of "helping the elderly, helping the disabled, saving the orphans and helping the poor" and the principle of "fairness, justice and openness", advocates rational lottery purchase and dedication, always puts social responsibility in the first place, and actively expands its distribution. By June 30, 2007, China had sold 242.3 billion yuan of welfare lottery tickets and raised 80.9 billion yuan of public welfare funds for the country.

1986 August 18, the Ministry of Civil Affairs formally submitted the Request for Instructions on Launching Social Welfare Prize-winning Fundraising Activities to the State Council. 65438+On February 20th, the executive meeting of the State Council discussed and agreed that the Ministry of Civil Affairs should organize the social welfare prize-winning fund-raising committee to carry out prize-winning fund-raising activities nationwide to raise funds for the development of social welfare for the elderly, the disabled, orphans and the needy. 1987 March 13, the United Front Work Department of the Central Committee and the People's Political Consultative Conference of China jointly held a symposium on social welfare prize-winning fund-raising activities, and the leaders of 27 democratic parties and people's organizations attending the meeting expressed their support after heated discussion.

1987, the first welfare lottery of new China was printed in Tianjin. On July 27th, the first batch of 1987 "China social welfare lottery ticket" was issued in New China, with a face value of 1 yuan. The first lottery ticket was sold in the First Workers' Cultural Palace Square in Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, and the history of lottery tickets in China turned a new page. Subsequently, 10 provinces and cities that participated in the first batch of pilot projects were sold one after another. On July 28th, 1987, at Shanghai Jinjiang Hotel, the Shanghai Fundraising Committee was announced, and the first batch of social welfare lottery tickets began to be put on trial sale at the venue. On July 30 of that year, Lucheng District, Yinzhou District, Ningbo City and Ruian City of Wenzhou City, Zhejiang Province began to sell; On August 5th, Tianjin established a business department relying on ICBC. On September 4th, Jiangsu Province began to sell in Nanjing. On September 20th, sales began in Shashi, Jingzhou, Hubei. On September 29th, Heilongjiang Province began to sell in Zhaodong. 10, Shandong Province began to sell; In 65438+February, sales began in Shifuqian Road, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province; 65438+February, Fujian Fuzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Quanzhou and other places began to sell welfare lottery tickets. 1988 65438+1On October 25th, the first batch of social welfare lottery tickets in Gansu Province began to be sold.