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Procuratorate can now initiate public interest litigation

On July 1st the National People’s Congress Standing Committee passed a decision granting the Supreme People’s Procuratorate power to initiate public interest litigation at designated testing areas (全国人民代表大会常务委员会关于授予最高人民检察院在部分地区开展公益诉讼试点工作的决定). The Supreme People’s Procuratorate then released the Pilot Plan for Public Interest Litigation Brought by Procuratorial Departments (检察机关提起公益诉讼试点方案) as follow-up to the decision on July 2nd. According to the plan, procuratorial departments now officially have the power to initiate public interest litigation.
2015-07-10

State Council “Suggestions” to promote public service public-private partnerships

On May 19th, the State Council passed the "Suggestions for Promoting Partnerships between Government and Social Capital in Public Service" (关于在公共服务领域推广政府和社会资本合作模式的指导意见) which was drafted by the Ministry of Finance, National Development and Reform Commission, and the People’s Bank of China. The State Council asked all provincial governments to follow the newly published Suggestions in the hope that it will promote public-private partnerships.
2015-07-09

CFPA publishes handbook for Chinese NGOs “going out”

The China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation has just published a handbook that aims to guide and support Chinese grassroots NGOs to “go out” (走出去) and get involved internationally. The project was funded by the Asia Foundation. CDB’s associate editor Guo…
2015-06-03

NGOs hoping to play a bigger role in China’s anti-smoking campaign

May 31st was World No-Tobacco Day and it was also the last day that the Beijing government will allow smoking in public places. From June 1st, the municipal government will implement it’s “Beijing Smoking Ban” (北京市控烟条例), which will ban smoking…
2015-06-01

Are Chinese NGOs in Nepal “lonely islands”?

A China Youth Daily article describes Chinese NGOs that took part in the Nepal earthquake relief effort as “lonely islands (孤岛)”. It acknowledges that the earthquake represented an important opportunity for Chinese NGOs to learn and participate in international collaborations,…
2015-05-27
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