Government Archive

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

An Overview of Chinese Philanthropy

The economic performance of China in the last 30 years has been remarkable, but the Chinese government is finding itself in a challenging position.  Largely due to the economic growth, demands for public goods have increased. The government has realized it simply can’t provide adequate public goods and services and it needs to mobilize all possible

China Charity Fair 2012 Report-2

This post is continued from the previous report about feedback on the first national charity fair in China during July 12-14 in Shenzhen. Academia were overall satisfied In an article from NanFang Daily, people from academia were quoted to consider this national charity fair as a milestone in Chinese charity development.  YangTuan, a senior researcher

China Charity Fair 2012 Report-1

China Charity Fair 2012 closed on Saturday, July 14, in Shenzhen, a coastal city in GuangDong province.  How did the grand fair go?  After diving into the sea of media, I have come to the general impression: government was thrilled;  volunteers were lifted; academia were overall satisfied; corporations were both confusing and confused; and NGOs