China's Red Cross briefs on scrutiny committee (2)

Zhao Baige, executive vice president of the RCSC, said the organization had been preparing to establish a supervisory committee since early 2012, in order to strengthen public oversight as well as to satisfy public expectation through greater transparency.

Zhao promised to facilitate the work of the committee, guarantee its access to information and its right of participation and supervision.

The RCSC came under fire in 2011 after a young woman calling herself "Guo Meimei" wrote microblog posts, claiming that she worked for an organization under the RCSC.

Her posts detailed her lavish lifestyle, leading some netizens to believe she was embezzling funds.

Although it was later found that the organization "Guo" claimed to work for did not exist, the incident had a negative impact on the RCSC and triggered calls for greater scrutiny over charitable organizations.

Donations to the RCSC plummeted 59.39 percent year on year in 2011, according to official data.