“Registered Capital for Nanjing Social Organizations Will be Lowered to 5000 Yuan”

In the spirit of the Ministry of Civil Affairs’ reforms promoting the direct registration of social organizations, the Nanjing Civil Affairs Department announced it would lower the registration requirements for social organizations, such as lowering the registered capital requirement from 30,000 yuan to 5,000 yuan.  In addition, the Nanjing City Civil Affairs Department will devolve the authority to register and manage three categories of social organizations (charitable, social welfare and social service) to the district/county level.