谭建光等编著的《当代中国志愿服务研究》简介：The professional group led by Professor Jianguang Tan from Guangdong Youth Vocational College has focused on researching volunteer service and ways to promote and propel it since 1995. They conducted in-depth representative case studies in the Pearl River Delta, including cities like Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Zhongshan. They also went to cities like Beijing, Xi'an, Chengdu, Hangzhou and Xiamen to do nation-wide comparative research. They provided research reports for National Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Central Committee of the Communist Young League, also for the United Nations Development Program and the United Nations Volunteers.

Chapter 1 An Analysis of the Social Volunteer Service System in China

Chapter 2 Analysis of China's Policy on Public Participation in Volunteerism

Chapter 3 Development of China's Young Volunteer Service

Chapter 4 The Effect of Social Initiative by the Young Volunteers of China

Chapter 5 A Study on the Development of China's NGOs' Volunteer Service

Chapter 6 Analysis of International Cooperation of China's Voluntary Service

Chapter 7 An Analysis of Chinese Legal System for Emergency Volunteer Service

Chapter 8 International Voluntary Services and Its Implication for Social Construction in China

Chapter 9 An Analysis of the Organization and Management of Beijing Olympic Games Volunteers

Chapter 10 Analysis of the Mode of the Volunteer Service of Guangzhou Asian Games

Chapter 11 Analysis of Volunteer Service in the Pearl River Delta: Research on the Tenth Anniversary of "International Year of Volunteers"

Chapter 12 Typical Case Study on Guangzhou Voluntary Organizations

Chapter 13 A Research on Influential Factors of Private Giving Behavior to Non-profit Organizations--Based on the Investigation in Guangzhou

Chapter 14 Modalities of Cooperation Between Social Workers and Volunteers in China

Chapter 15 The Construction of Higher Education Teaching Staff and Volunteers Cooperated Incubation Base : Exploration and Rethinking of Social Work Elite Base in Guangdong Youth Vocational College

Afterword