Chinese NGOs

Going abroad and beyond: Wu Peng shares lessons in alleviating poverty

Editor’s Note: China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation Director of International Development Wu Peng has experience going abroad and delivering development results. As the world is still reeling from the COVID-19 pandemic and conditions threaten to slide back progress made in…

2021-05-26

Survey on the Needs and Challenges of Public Welfare Organisations Under COVID-19 Epidemic Conditions

In March 2020, China Development Brief (CDB) along with another 14 public welfare organisations conducted an online survey to understand what negative effects the COVID-19 pandemic brought to public welfare organisations in China and what long-term effects it will have…

2021-05-24

Research for reform: discussing social organisations with Professor Tao Chuanjin

Editor’s Note: During CDB’s annual forum in 2020, we had the pleasure of inviting Professor Tao Chuanjin from the School of Social Development and Public Policy at Beijing Normal University as one of our coordinators at the roundtable discussions. After…

2021-05-12

Practicing for the public and the planet: Liu Jinmei’s story

A clean, healthy and sustainable environment is a basic and essential citizen’s right. This is one core value of the head of Friends of Nature’s law and policy project, Liu Jinmei. “Since it is a right, using law to defend…

2021-03-16

China Social Organisation Network published new data of social organisations in China

Data from China Social Organisation Network shows that until the 20th of January, 2021, there were more than 900,000 registered social organisations in China. Among these organisations, 2,292 of them were registered with the Ministry of Civil Affairs. There are…

2021-01-26

Intermediary Nonprofits and the Rise of China’s Domestic Social Impact Ecosystem

The last few years have seen the rise of a new class of intermediary organizations that act as hubs for NGOs and social service providers in China's major cities. In this article, Ryan Etzcorn describes his research into the role of such organizations in Guangzhou and Shenzhen.

2019-08-30

Designing “Lion Lights” for Kenya: a Beijing High Schooler’s Dream for Conservation

The inspiring story of a young man from Beijing who designed an improved solution to keep lions and other wild animals away from livestock in Kenya, and teamed up with a Chinese NGO to put his solution into practice.

2019-08-23

How Many NGOs Are There Really in China?

Observers often speak of hundreds of thousands or even millions of NGOs scattered across the country. But what basis do these estimates have?

2019-08-02

Doing Corporate Responsibility in China – an Interview with Lan Lan, PwC

PricewaterhouseCoopers' senior manager for corporate responsibility in China talks about the multinational's efforts to strengthen the NGO sector in this exclusive interview with CDB.

2019-07-25

Panel Discussion: how can International NGOs Help Chinese ones to “Go Out”?

The transcript of a panel discussion in which five guests from important civil society organizations discuss the prospects for Chinese NGOs that want to expand their work abroad, and how international NGOs can assist them in their efforts.

2018-12-27

Seminar on Chinese NGOs “going out” successfully held in Tsinghua University

A seminar on Chinese NGOs “going out” was held on December 2nd, organized by the Institute for Philanthropy of Tsinghua University. The seminar was entitled “Chinese NGOs going out under the Belt and Road initiative”. The participants were all experts…

2018-12-05

Ranking of Chinese foundations for 2018 released

The 2018 ranking of Chinese foundations was officially presented during the third “Jinju Award” in Jiangsu, on November 21. Co-sponsored by A Better Community ABC (美好社会咨询社) and 1 Kg Box (一公斤盒子), and supported by For NGO (复恩法律) and Enjoy Volunteering…

2018-11-30

Report outlines the development of community social organizations

China’s 12th National Five-year Economic and Social Development Plan Outlines, valid for 2011-2015, referred to urban and rural community social organizations (社区社会组织) as especially significant among social organizations. A report by the China Philanthropy Research Institute of BNU outlines some…

2018-11-05

Chinese environmental protection organizations visit Laos and Cambodia

On September 25-30, the China Ecological Civilization Research and Promotion Association (CECRPA) joined eight environmental protection social organizations, enterprises and institutions, including the China Environmental Protection Federation, the China-Japan Friendship Environmental Protection Center, the Environmental Planning Institute and the Environmental…

2018-10-09

China House launches project to combat FGM in Kenya

This is an article put together by China House, discussing a project they have undertaken to fight against FGM in Kenya. Angela, a Maasai woman in her fifties, lives in an eastern Kenya township with the tradition of practicing…

2018-08-07

CDB Reports

Going abroad and beyond: Wu Peng shares lessons in alleviating poverty

Practicing for the public and the planet: Liu Jinmei’s story

Intermediary Nonprofits and the Rise of China’s Domestic Social Impact Ecosystem

Designing “Lion Lights” for Kenya: a Beijing High Schooler’s Dream for Conservation

Panel Discussion: how can International NGOs Help Chinese ones to “Go Out”?

Seminar on Chinese NGOs “going out” successfully held in Tsinghua University

Ranking of Chinese foundations for 2018 released

Report outlines the development of community social organizations

Chinese environmental protection organizations visit Laos and Cambodia

China House launches project to combat FGM in Kenya

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