Hurun Research Institute releases the Hurun Philanthropy List 2013

(10 April 2013, Shanghai) The Hurun Research Institute today released the Hurun Philanthropy List 2013, which this year celebrates its tenth anniversary. The Hurun Philanthropy List 2013 ranks the 100 most generous Chinese individuals, measured by the value of their cash or cash equivalent donations from 1 April 2012 to 31 March, 2013. Donations made by a corporation in which an

AP Report Provides a Perspective on China’s New Policy on Nonprofits Registration

We reported in our previous post that Chinese government would abolish the double-track registration for nonprofits. The report from Associated Press provided some new perspective, which is indeed thought-provoking. [break] The key question is where to draw the line among the qualified organizations. While the government acknowledges the important role nonprofits will play in the

Is Spring for Chinese Social Organizations Around the Corner?

“The government is to release control on social organization registrations.  Four categories of social organizations—trade associations and membership organizations, science and technology organizations, nonprofit and charity organizations and community service organizations — will be able to register directly with Ministry of Civil Affairs and its branches, without having to obtain additional supervision sponsorship.”  Mr. Ma

Chinese Private Foundations to Gather to Talk about Money

Later this week ( Nov 22-23 ), an estimate of 400 participants from foundations, NGOs, government, business and academia are going to attend the 4th annual conference of China Private Foundation Forum in Guangzhou.  This forum is a volunatary network co-founded by 8 private foundations in 2008, aiming to facilitate the communications and collaborations among

China Philanthropy Forum to be held on Nov.30 in Beijing

[tooltip content=”中国公益论坛将于2012年11月30日在北京举行。根据其官方网站宣传,“该论坛旨在建立国内外各界领袖在慈善方面的对话,并推进中国慈善事业的良好发展。2012年中国公益论坛将会是迄今为止在国内慈善界中最高级别的国际盛事,论坛吸引了中国最杰出的企业家、慈善家、学者和政府官员”” url=”” ]China Philanthropy Forum will be held on November 30, 2012 in Beijing, China. According to the introduction on its official website, “The Forum aims to foster constructive dialogue among Chinese and international visionary leaders in philanthropy to promote the healthy development of China’s philanthropic sector. The 2012 China Philanthropy Forum promises to