A report on the Policy Environment for Chinese NGOs
A report by NGOCN looks at the friendliness of the policy environment for local NGOs in China. Replete with interesting statistics and policy recommendations.
2018-07-23
Aiyou Foundation receives sanction for controversial fundraising campaign
It has been announced that the Aiyou Foundation has received an administrative sanction for a controversial fundraising campaign that went viral last December.
The campaign, called 同一天生日的你 (you with the same birthday), went viral on WeChat Moments on December 23,…
2018-06-22
Hurun Philanthropy List 2018 released
Hurun Research, the company best known for its Hurun China Rich List that ranks China’s wealthiest people, has released its annual Hurun Philanthropy List for 2018. The List contains the top 100 individuals to have made public donations to foundations,…
2018-05-14
Report on Chinese university foundations released
According to the recently released “Development Report of Chinese University Education Foundations (2018)”, 527 higher education foundations had been established in China as of December 6, 2017. By sorting through the financial status of 413 university education foundations from 2012…
2018-04-23
Fundraising drive for burnt baby ignites discussion over charity’s management fees
A debate over a charity’s management fees has been ignited by the case of Hanghang, a 6-month-old baby from Anhui province. On the 26th of January, Hanghang was unfortunately badly burnt by a small electric heater. The accident was caused…
2018-02-07
Environmental Protection in China: an Interview with Bob Moseley
Bob Moseley, director of the Asia-Pacific Cities Program at The Nature Conservancy, talks to CDB in this exclusive interview.
2017-12-28
Overseas NGOs Registration Workshop: Q&A Session
Our translation of the Q&A sessions from CDB's recent workshop on the registration of overseas NGOs in China.
2017-09-18
Ministry of civil affairs announces two new standards to regulate online fundraising platforms
Tencent’s well known “9/9 charity day” is coming up in just over a month, and many of China’s charity organizations are actively preparing for it. The occasion highlights the importance of China’s online fundraising platforms (hereinafter referred to as platforms),…
2017-08-01
Zhu Jiangang on the Development of Community Foundations in China
China's community foundations are still few in number, but the majority of those now in existence were created over the last couple of years. In this article and interview, academic and foundation director Zhu Jiangang discusses their challenges and future prospects.
2017-06-30
Accidental 17,000 yuan donation is refunded
An eight-year old child accidentally donated 17,000 yuan to the China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation (CFPA) via Wechat while playing on a phone belonging to a Mr. Liu. Later on Mr. Liu explained that he had previously set online purchases…
2017-06-06
Same Bed, Different Dreams? The Divergent Pathways of Foundations and Grassroots NGOs in China
The cooperation between China's wealthy philanthropic foundations and the country's many grassroots NGOs has often been uneasy and fraught with misunderstanding, and levels of support and funding remain low. This paper by Shawn Shieh examines the reasons for this disconnect, and offers possible solutions.
2017-05-31
What were the New Patterns and Visions for Chinese Charity in 2016?
Our translation of the speech by Wang Xingzui, Executive Vice-President of the China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation, at a forum for charitable foundations in Shanghai.
2017-01-22
Zhu Jiangang: community foundations are the promoters of a community agenda
In this translated interview Zhu Jiangang, the general secretary and vice-president of the Guangdong Harmony Foundation, discusses the development of community foundations in China.
2017-01-17
China’s philanthropy sector embracing blockchain
Blockchain, the technology behind the virtual currency Bitcoin, is creating a new model for charities in China.
Around the end of 2016 Zhongtopia, an online mutual aid networks platform, used blockchain technology to create Xinchain, a database which can track…
2017-01-13
UNDP launches new program to align Chinese philanthropy’s efforts with SDGs
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) will partner with the China Foundation Center to deepen the convergence between Chinese philanthropy and sustainable development, as the two organizations jointly launched a program of cooperation in Beijing on January 6.
The program,…
2017-01-10
Shanghai’s Adream tops transparency ranking of China’s philanthropic foundations
Shanghai’s Adream Charitable Foundation is China’s most transparent philanthropic foundation, followed by China Red Cross foundation and China Charities Aid Foundation for Children, according to the 2016 Chinese Philanthropic Foundation Transparency Ranking.
Jiemian News, a well-established digital media, released the…
2017-01-09
Chinese billionaire’s investment in Caltech disappoints Chinese scientists
Chinese billionaire Chen Tianqiao announced on December 7 that he would donate $115 million to the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) for brain research, in order to crack the fundamental principles that underlie brain functions.
The donation invited heated debate…
2016-12-16
Charities Aid Foundation ranks China 144th in the World Giving Index 2015
The Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) World Giving Index 2015 has ranked China 144th for charitableness out of the 145 countries and regions surveyed, and what’s more it has found that the number of people giving to charity has fallen since…
2016-12-12
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