Year: 2013

Nov 15
Southern Metropolis – Song Zhibiao: will 98.6% of foundations please “wake up”

Song Zhibiao: will 98.6% of foundations please “wake up” 宋志标:98.6%的基金会请“醒来” By Song Zhibiao 宋志标, Southern Metropolis Public Welfare Weekly 南都公益周刊 , November 5, 2013 The scale and capacity of foundations has always been regarded as a huge variable for the…

Nov 14
The China AIDS Walk 2013: Walking to Raise Awareness

Shawn Shieh gives a personal account of taking part in the recently held China AIDS Walk, and discusses the strategies employed by the organizers that enabled them to successfully hold the event.

Nov 08
Ngocn.net – Fang Xuanchang: Viewing environmental NGOs from three angles

Fang Xuanchang: Viewing environmental NGOs from three angles 方玄昌:从三个角度看环保NGO Ngocn.net, November 6, 2013 My speech today is mainly directed at people in the media, at people in the same profession as myself. However I hope that online users can also…

Nov 08
Weekly News – October 26th to November 8th, 2013

Beijing’s first case of a public welfare foundation changing from “ private to public” 北京现首例公益基金会“私转公” By Lan Fang 蓝方, Caixin 财新网. October 31, 2013 http://china.caixin.com/2013-10-31/100597604.html The Beijing New Sunshine Charity Foundation, which started out as a grassroots NGO, has become…

Nov 07
eBook – Working With Civil Society in Foreign Aid: Possibilities for South-South Cooperation?

This eBook reviews different roles, experiences, and lessons learned from working with civil society in development cooperation. It compares and analyses common themes and good practices from numerous aid-providing countries.

Nov 05
Beijing Youth Daily – New trend: The wives of high officials throw themselves into public welfare work in keeping with the expectations of the international community

New trend: The wives of high officials throw themselves into public welfare work in keeping with the expectations of the international community 新趋势:高官夫人投身公益符合国际社会期待 Beijing Youth Daily 北京青年报, November 4, 2013 Qian Wei, the wife of Foreign Minister Wang Yi, today…

Oct 31
Weekly News – October 19th to October 25th, 2013

Is public welfare and society keeping in step with each other? 公益和社会的步伐不一致吗 By Yao Yao 姚遥, Jing Bao 晶报October 21, 2013 http://jb.sznews.com/html/2013-10/21/content_2656487.htm The One Foundation’s Yao Yao discusses whether Chinese social values and objectives are in-line with the aspirations of…

Oct 25
Is Transparency a Realistic Goal for China’s NGOs?

Transparency is often seen as a panacea for governance, but as CDB Editor Liu Haiying shows, it should not be seen as a quick fix…

Oct 21
Oriental Morning Post – Weibo account shows a new trend in civic disaster relief methods

Weibo account shows a new trend in popular disaster relief methods 一条微博展示的民间慈善救灾新动向 By a senior figure from the charities sector 资深公益人士, Oriental Morning Post 东方早报, October 14, 2013 From the 6th to the 8th of October Typhoon Fitow caused a…

Oct 15
ngocn.net – Impressions of the second charity exhibition

Government and business valued over grassroots: Impressions of the second charity exhibition 官商为贵、民为轻——第二届慈展会印象 ngocn.net, September 27, 2013 With the wind and rain of Typoon Usagi swirling outside, the third and final day of the 2nd China Charity Project Exchange Exhibition…

Oct 15
Philanthropy Times – Analysis of the growing trends of Chinese social organisations: The transformation from quantity to quality

Analysis of the growing trends of Chinese social organisations: The transformation from quantity to quality 中国社会组织发展趋势分析:由量到质的转变 By Wang Ming and Ding Jingjing 王名, 丁晶晶, Philanthropy Times 公益时报, October 15, 2013 The report from the 18th Party Congress included a series…

Oct 10
“Non-Legal” Orphanages and the Chinese State

In this summary of a broader project, Anna High examines the survival and oversight of local, grassroots NGOs engaged in a particularly sensitive sector: the care of orphans by underground church groups and foreign mission workers.

Oct 10
The AIDS Walk: Promoting Public Service in China

In this timely article, CDB Deputy Editor, Guo Ting, discusses the China AIDS Walk, a grassroots-organized public service event to call attention to discrimination against people living with HIV-AIDS.

Oct 10
Online Fundraising Strategies for Grassroots NGOs

Given the many restrictions on charitable fundraising in China, Wu Jiangjiang's [1] article provides much needed clarity and recommendations on online fundraising strategies for NGOs.

Oct 10
Southern Metropolis Daily – Registered NGOs in Guangzhou can apply for grants of up to 100,000 RMB

Registered NGOs in Guangzhou can apply for grants of up to 100,000 RMB NGO最多可申请10万元 Southern Metropolis Daily (南方都市报), September 5, 2013 Guangzhou NGOs can now apply for grants of up to 100,000 RMB from a new, two million yuan fund.…

Oct 10
Beijing to introduce new regulations that prevent charitable associations from collecting donations

On the 27th September, the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Civil Affairs announced that the city’s first local charity regulations - ‘The Beijing Charitable Enterprise Promotion Measures’ – would come into effect by the end of the year.