Capacity Building

Interview with Wang Wei of the Xi’an Domestic Workers’ Union

This article is an interview of Ms Wang Wei, chairwoman of the Xi'an Domestic Workers' Union, in which she tells us her story and explains how the union was created.

2014-07-15

China Fortune – Chinese women’s rights: 20 years after the World Women’s Conference

The article discusses the political and intellectual legacies of the 1995 Beijing Fourth World Conference on Women, including the deepened understanding of feminist theory, the growth of grassroots organizing, and the increase in international collaboration among NGOs

2014-06-11

A Review of Civic Environmentalism in China in 2012

Feng Yongfeng, founder of the Green Beagle Environment Institute (达尔问自然求知社) and Nature University (自然大学), reviews the ups and downs in civic environmentalism in 2012.

2014-04-07

Working with Civil Society in Foreign Aid: Possibilities for South-South Cooperation?

In this timely article based on his book-length study, Brian Tomlinson argues for a larger role for civil society in delivering aid between countries in the global South.

2014-02-20

NGOs Have a Role in Organizing Society: An Interview with Michael Busgen

CDB Editor, Liu Haiying, interviews Michael Busgen, long-time observer of China’s NGO sector, who offers some refreshing commentary on the past, present and future of China’s NGOs.

2014-02-10

Scaling Up Social Service Outsourcing in China: An Exploratory Study of HIV CSOs in Yunnan

In this well-researched study, independent consultant Marta Jagusztyn examines how recent plans to scale up government procurement of services will impact grassroots CSOs and how it can be improved to support the long-term development of China’s CSOs.

2014-01-14

Chinese NGOs in a Globalizing World

Wu Chen discusses a weakness of China’s grassroots NGOs that prevents them from fully participating in international development discussions: their lack of English language skills and familiarity with international perspectives.

2014-01-07

NGOs Have Their Say: The 2013 China Foundation Rankings

Assistant Director of CDB (English) Tom Bannister reports on the recent publication of a rankings index in which Chinese NGOs got the chance to rate the foundations that fund them.

2013-12-14

China Philanthropist – Public welfare talent is in extremely short supply: nearly two tenths of public welfare workers earn less than a 1000 Yuan a month

Public welfare talent is in extremely short supply: nearly two tenths of public welfare workers earn less than a 1000 Yuan a month 公益人才极度匮乏：近两成从业者月薪1000元以下 By Zhang Xiaoxiang 张枭翔, China Philanthropist 中国慈善家, November 18, 2013. The problems facing Chinese public welfare…

2013-11-29

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…

2013-10-25

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.…

2013-10-10

“Civil Society” or “People’s Society”: Where’s the Party?

Patricia Thornton, uses the case of Shanghai to examine an important trend that has received little attention: the increasingly proactive role of the Party and Party-organized NGOs (PONGOs) in managing and guiding the development of the NGO sector.

2013-08-27

A Chinese NGO with International Characteristics: The Morning Tears Advocacy Model

China’s internationalization has led to the emergence of NGOs that no longer fit neatly into the Chinese NGO or international NGO category but rather constitute a hybrid. Fiorinda Di Fabio looks at one such hybrid and its blueprint for conducting effective advocacy on child protection and welfare in China.

2013-08-08

Closing Meeting of the Project on Capacity Building Training for Chinese Labor NGOs’ United Rights Protection Campaign

August 1, 2013 China Development Brief Worker Representatives of the Participants Mr. Wei Wei is making a summary statement. In the afternoon of July 29, 2013, Little Bird Mutual-Aid Hotline for Migrant Workers held the closing meeting of…

2013-08-05

Cooperation or Confrontation? The Dilemmas of a Pluralizing Civil Society

In this article, Fu Tao, CDB's Senior Researcher, addresses some important questions facing NGOs both in China and abroad particularly in their work supervising corporate behavior.

2013-05-09

CDB Reports

Interview with Wang Wei of the Xi’an Domestic Workers’ Union

China Fortune – Chinese women’s rights: 20 years after the World Women’s Conference

A Review of Civic Environmentalism in China in 2012

Working with Civil Society in Foreign Aid: Possibilities for South-South Cooperation?

NGOs Have a Role in Organizing Society: An Interview with Michael Busgen

Scaling Up Social Service Outsourcing in China: An Exploratory Study of HIV CSOs in Yunnan

Chinese NGOs in a Globalizing World

NGOs Have Their Say: The 2013 China Foundation Rankings

China Philanthropist – Public welfare talent is in extremely short supply: nearly two tenths of public welfare workers earn less than a 1000 Yuan a month

Is Transparency a Realistic Goal for China’s NGOs?

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

“Civil Society” or “People’s Society”: Where’s the Party?

A Chinese NGO with International Characteristics: The Morning Tears Advocacy Model

Closing Meeting of the Project on Capacity Building Training for Chinese Labor NGOs’ United Rights Protection Campaign

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