And they independently also have other track records that can convince people in specific circumstances. Maybe there was more trust than the government. Tzu Chi in particular has a lot of track record in earthquake and many other relief responses. So, when an earthquake happens and people in Tzu Chi are already there before the governments and their numbers are more accurate than the local municipal governments, and you repeat that for more than 10 years, then people learn in these matters, they trust these social innovators more than they trust the government and the government learns to have a co-governing relationship with such organizations.

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