Ex-ADVN program officer Dong Yige analyzes the history of the influential Anti-Domestic Violence Network and the reason for its closing down in May 2014.
The authors analyze the controversy created by Guangzhou's new regulations on the management of social organizations and their impact on unregistered NGOs.
In this Editorial, CDB's Fu Tao discusses the unwritten rules Chinese public interest organizations have to deal with when operating and discusses the cases of the Shanghai United Foundation (Lianqian) and of the Nanjing NGO Justice For All.
The China-Dolls Center has issued a response to an open letter that criticized it over alleged unauthorized fund raising. In its response the Center pointed out that it has always carried out its operations in accordance to relevant guidelines
In this article, He Yongqiang strongly criticizes the open letter published by the Song Qingling Foundation and 3 other public foundations to ask the Ministry of Civil Affairs to punish the grassroots NGO Chinadolls.
The author explains that a strong third sector is essential to favor the development of a strong and healthy society and stresses that the government should encourage initiatives whichi goal is to nurture NPOs.
Tucker Van Aken discusses transparency in China and the way Open Government Information (OGI) regulations have brought new opportunities for civil society groups.
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.
CDB Associate Editor Guo Ting profiles the work of educator and NGO founder Han Hongmei, who was chosen by the Narada Foundation to be a Gingko Partner in 2012.
To truly be considered 'grassroots', the author, Feng Yongfeng, believes that an organization should express the multi-colored nature of society, and have 'serving the community' as its mission
Deng Fei wants to register a nationwide public foundation
邓飞欲注册全国性公募基金会
By Yan Bing 闫冰, Philanthropy Times 公益时报, December 17, 2013
Deng Fei – one of the Chinese NGO sector’s most well-known and influential figures – received national recognition last week…
Wang Zhenyao: Turning around to face the past three years without regret, this is the life that I wanted
王振耀:转身三年不后悔 这是我向往的生活
By Hou Lixin 侯力新, Phoenix News Public Welfare 凤凰网公益, December 10, 2013
Wang Zhenyao has now spent three years…
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.