Government Relations

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 Aid Abroad: The People’s Forum on International Social Responsibility

Assistant Director of CDB (English) Tom Bannister and CDB intern Luke Winship report on an influential forum on the role of China in overseas aid.

2014-01-14

Phoenix News – Wang Zhenyao: Turning around to face the past three years without regret, this is the life that I wanted

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…

2013-12-19

Who has the right to launch a public interest lawsuit?

At the end of October, China’s ‘Environmental Protection Law’ was again discussed in the NPC Standing Committee's third investigation. The discussion touched upon the requirements for public interest lawsuits, and meant that once again society focused on the issues surrounding legal action.

2013-12-04

Environmental Advocacy Through Institutionalized Interaction with the Government

This is the second installment of a case study examining a Chongqing environmental NGO that uses a novel and effective way to supervise local government agencies and companies.

2013-11-28

Philanthropy Times – The historical growth of Chinese private foundations

The ‘Foundation Supervision Regulations’ were issued in June of 2004, opening the door to the non-governmental funding and establishment of private foundations. In November of that same year, the fourth Plenum of the 16th Central Committee put forward their “social construction” concept.

2013-11-22

The Chongqing Two Rivers Center: An Environmental Watchdog

Fu Tao, CDB’s Senior Researcher, reports on a relatively new environmental NGO in Chongqing that has established a regular pattern of interaction with the local Environment Protection Bureau.

2013-11-21

Philanthropy Times – Analysis of the growing trends of Chinese social organisations: The transformation from quantity to quality

Analysis of the growing trends of Chinese social organisations: The transformation from quantity to quality 中国社会组织发展趋势分析：由量到质的转变 By Wang Ming and Ding Jingjing 王名, 丁晶晶, Philanthropy Times 公益时报, October 15, 2013 The report from the 18th Party Congress included a series…

2013-10-15

“Non-Legal” Orphanages and the Chinese State

In this summary of a broader project, Anna High examines the survival and oversight of local, grassroots NGOs engaged in a particularly sensitive sector: the care of orphans by underground church groups and foreign mission workers.

2013-10-10

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

Tongxin Experimental and New Citizen’s Jinghua: Beijing’s Migrant Schools Meet Different Fates

The author, who goes by the pseudonym, Zhong Shiwu, discusses how one migrant school was able to survive a rash of school closings in Beijing by going public rather than engage in behind-the-scenes negotiations

2013-10-06

POLICY BRIEF NO. 13: On the Eve of the Third Plenum, Are We Seeing a Depoliticization of the NGO Sector?

This Policy Brief is our first in 2013. We hope to continue to publish a Policy Brief once a month or at least once every two months over the next year.

2013-09-17

“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

CDB Reports

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

Chinese Aid Abroad: The People’s Forum on International Social Responsibility

Phoenix News – Wang Zhenyao: Turning around to face the past three years without regret, this is the life that I wanted

Who has the right to launch a public interest lawsuit?

Environmental Advocacy Through Institutionalized Interaction with the Government

Philanthropy Times – The historical growth of Chinese private foundations

The Chongqing Two Rivers Center: An Environmental Watchdog

Philanthropy Times – Analysis of the growing trends of Chinese social organisations: The transformation from quantity to quality

“Non-Legal” Orphanages and the Chinese State

Tongxin Experimental and New Citizen’s Jinghua: Beijing’s Migrant Schools Meet Different Fates

POLICY BRIEF NO. 13: On the Eve of the Third Plenum, Are We Seeing a Depoliticization of the NGO Sector?

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

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

Carrying Out Public Advocacy Through Performance Art

Restrictions on public interest lawsuit viewed as inappropriate

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