Amity Foundation
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The Amity Foundation (simplified Chinese: 爱德基金会; traditional Chinese: 愛德基金會; pinyin: Àidé Jījīnhuì) is an independent Chinese voluntary organization.[1] As of 2010[update] it is the largest charity in China.[2] It was created in 1985 on the initiative of Christians in China with the late Bishop K. H. Ting as its founder.[3] Its main objective has been to help develop poor areas of the country.[4] Amity's headquarters are in Nanjing. The organization includes the Amity Printing Company (APC, also sometimes called Amity Printing Press),[5] the largest Bible producer in China. Amity Printing Company opened a branch in Ethiopia in 2016. Amity Foundation has an office in Hong Kong[6] and opened a liaison office in the Ecumenical Center of the World Council of Churches[7] in Geneva in 2017.