Capacity Building

The problems of social work in small cities—some reflections from Binzhou, Shandong Province

A young social worker from the city of Binzhou provides us with some interesting reflections on the problems her sector faces in small and medium-sized cities across China

2016-12-07

The Ningxia Autonomous Region takes new measures for targeted poverty alleviation

In the Ningxia Autonomous Region, a region of Northwestern China that is small and relatively underdeveloped economically, new measures have recently been enacted to promote targeted poverty alleviation. The Autonomous Region’s first care site for left-behind children has been established…

2016-09-21

China’s first ever public interest administrative litigation takes place

Half a year after the People’s Procuratorate of Qingyun county, Shandong province, decided to take legal action against the local Environmental Protection Bureau, the local court has pronounced the defendant guilty in the first instance judgment. The lawsuit has drawn…

2016-09-20

Beijing Charity Week to give publicity to the Charity Law

China’s Charity Law has officially come into force on the first of September 2016. As the first basic and comprehensive law for all charitable activities, it is supposed to lead and promote the development of charity in China. Beijing‘s Civil…

2016-09-02

Philanthropy after the Charity Law – New perspectives and challenges

This is a summary of an article. Click 善达网 on the right to see the original article in Chinese. This article argues that China’s Charity Law heralds a new era in philanthropy, which is a strong vehicle for China’s social…

2016-08-22

Doing Charity in China’s Poshest Neighbourhood

What is it like to conduct charity work in China's most fancy and cosmopolitan neighbourhood? This article reviews the development of community organizations in Beijing's Sanlitun sub-district.

2016-08-19

Li Zhiqiang: the three elements of a social enterprise

Li Zhiqiang, the co-founder and first chairman of Aurora Social Enterprise, shared his views on social enterprises in a recent article in the Chinese media, written to help people gain a more specific understanding of the concept. There isn’t a…

2016-08-12

Alibaba Group: China’s online green consumers reach 65 million

On August 3rd, the Ali Research and Alibaba Foundation unveiled a Report on China’s Green Consumers in 2016. According to the report, the Internet has become the paramount arena for green consumption. By the end of 2015, the number of…

2016-08-05

An Interview with Adrian Sargeant: Fundraising and Donor Loyalty

Professor Adrian Sargeant, world renown authority on fundraising and donor psychology, talks with CDB about how fundraising can be made more responsive to the needs of the donors, and about some of the issues facing the charity sector in China and worldwide.

2016-08-04

Fundraising, Connecting for Good: China’s annual fundraising conference held

China’s second annual Fundraising Conference, themed “Fundraising, Connecting for Good”, took place in Beijing on the 28th to 29th of July 2016. 300 fundraising experts, business marketing specialists, and frontline fundraisers gathered for an exchange of ideas on fundraising. The…

2016-08-02

The accreditation of China’s social enterprises

This recent article by the China Philanthropy Research Institute examines the controversy over the accreditation of social enterprises in China. There are still many disputes on whether to set any standard criteria for social enterprises and how exactly to conduct…

2016-07-22

Top 100 Chinese social work organizations of 2015 nominated

In order to promote the standardized management of social work and its sustainable development, the Social Work School of the Open University of China and the Philanthropy Times organized a contest to nominate the “Top 100 Chinese Social Work Organizations…

2016-06-30

【Marketizing the NGO Sector】The NGO Sector Cannot Forego Marketization

Director of the Narada Foundation Xu Yongguang shares his views on the marketization of Chinese NGOs, claiming that this process will aid the efficiency and competitiveness of the sector and serve as an antidote to state control.

2016-06-29

The Internet helps to connect NGOs in northwestern China

The newly launched Northwestern NGO Resource Community is an online and offline network that connects NGOs in Ningxia, Gansu, Shaanxi, Xinjiang and Qinghai, the five provinces of China’s vast and remote Northwest. The project was started by five social organizations…

2016-06-24

Sharing session on Indian and Nepalese philanthropy held in Beijing

A sharing session on Indian and Nepalese philanthropy was held in Beijing by China Development Brief (CDB) and the Beijing Sanyi Foundation in the 3ESPACE venue on June the 12th. Dr. Liu Haying, a senior researcher from CDB, presided the…

2016-06-14

China’s Philanthropy Development 2015 in a Nutshell

We here republish the abstract from the Chinese Academy of Social Science's annual "Blue Book of Philanthropy" for 2016. The abstract summarises some of the blue book's conclusions on the state of Chinese philanthropy over the previous year.

2016-05-31

Annual Report on the Development of China’s Philanthropy in 2015 released

The newest Blue Book of Philanthropy (an annual report on China’s philanthropic development in 2015) was presented last Friday in Beijing by the Center for Social Policy Studies of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, the Social Sciences Academic Press…

2016-05-30

Spotlight on Philanthropic Support Organizations

Philanthropic Support Organizations are increasing the efficiency of philanthropy for the third Sector. This article features two such organizations, CDB and CAF Russian, to shed some light on this field.

2016-05-27

CDB Reports

China’s first ever public interest administrative litigation takes place

Philanthropy after the Charity Law – New perspectives and challenges

An Interview with Adrian Sargeant: Fundraising and Donor Loyalty

Fundraising, Connecting for Good: China’s annual fundraising conference held

The accreditation of China’s social enterprises

The Internet helps to connect NGOs in northwestern China

Sharing session on Indian and Nepalese philanthropy held in Beijing

China’s Philanthropy Development 2015 in a Nutshell

Annual Report on the Development of China’s Philanthropy in 2015 released

Spotlight on Philanthropic Support Organizations

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