A Beijing resident is organizing a philanthropic banquet at a place near where US billionaires Bill Gates and Warren Buffett are hosting theirs on Wednesday night, Beijing Times reported Wednesday.

The Beijing resident organizing the common people's philanthropic banquet stands by his minivan near a hotel where US billionaires Bill Gates and Warren Buffett will host theirs, Sept 28, 2010. [Photo/Beijing Times]

On Tuesday, the man drove his minivan with a banner in Chinese saying, "Common people's philanthropy is challenging Gates, Buffett banquet," near a Bird's Nest-area hotel, where he believes the billionaires' banquet will be held.

Philanthropy should be taken up by more common people and should not be an activity only for the rich, said the website designer who calls himself Lao Wu.

He said more than 30 people including folk artists, professors and doctors have applied to attend his banquet since he posted his plan online.

Attendees to his banquet will mainly discuss how to promote charity work among common people and will not be required to donate.