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Corporate Social Responsibility

Insurance for NGO workers in China

A common problem for Chinese NGOers is that the community is often not well-paid. In this Xinhua article, Ling Zhou, the founder of "Yibao" Insurance for NGO workers, shares her insight on the working and living conditions of people working for Chinese NGOs.
2015-07-09

Law on eco-taxes gains momentum

Taxation on pollution and environmental damage – so-called “eco-taxes” – became a hot topic again during this year’s Liang Hui (annual meeting of the country’s legislature from March 5 to 15) when Jia Kang, former director of the Research Institute…
2015-03-20

Meeting on experimental charitable trusts held in Shenzhen

The Social Welfare and Charity Promotion Office of the Ministry of Civil Affairs (社会福利和慈善事业促进司) held a meeting on experimental charitable trusts in Shenzhen on March 13. The meeting aimed to discuss experimental projects of charitable trusts and solicit advice from…
2015-03-17

New spring festival donations trend: Hong Bao charity

The Chinese tradition of giving gifts of money in red envelopes (Hong Bao) during spring festival turned into a new fad for China’s internet users when internet giants Alibaba and Tencent both started offering electronic “Hong Bao” during the holiday.…
2015-03-12

Zhai Meiqing: connect the public welfare sector with the financial system

Zhai Meiqing, president of the Heung Kong Group (香江集团) and member of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), has submitted a proposal to the Committee, calling for the establishment of supporting mechanisms for non-public fundraising…
2015-03-04

A new way to do charity: Taobao’s own “Lei Feng Diary”

Taobao has recently started another fad among China’s internet users. A part of each user’s online account statement contains a section detailing their donations activity called their “charitable statement” [公益账单]. This has become known as “Lei Feng’s Diary” [named after…
2015-02-26

The top 100 Chinese public welfare sector figures of 2014

China’s economy is passing through massive transformation, and the public welfare sector is following suit. New problems emerge and old issues resurface as China deepens its economic reform. Chinese public welfare organizations are playing an increasingly important role in solving…
2015-02-06

Alibaba: from nouveau-riche to philanthropist

In 2011, the Alibaba group founded the "Alibaba Philanthropic Foundation" and registered it with Civil Affairs with a base capital of fifty million yuan. Since then, the Alibaba group transfers a certain percentage of its annual profit to its foundation.
2014-12-17

The AIDS Walk: Promoting Public Service in China

In this timely article, CDB Deputy Editor, Guo Ting, discusses the China AIDS Walk, a grassroots-organized public service event to call attention to discrimination against people living with HIV-AIDS.
2013-10-10
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