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Non-Profit Management

Application for Dunhe Seed Fund is now open

The application for Dunhe Seed Fund Plan(敦和种子基金计划) will be open from September 11th to October 10th. About 10 “small but beautiful” foundations will be publicly slected and given 3 million RMB each to establish the Dunhe Seed Fund(敦和种子基金). For more…

CCAFC launches ‘Blessed Children Fund’ in Beijing

China Charities Aid Foundation for Children (CCAFC) held a ceremony in Beijing on the morning of August 30th  to launch the ‘Blessed Children Fund”(祝福宝贝专项基金). According to CCAFC, the fund will be devoted to works in three aspects: helping seriously ill…

Guidelines released on forged volunteer service certificate

According to the official website of the Ministry of Civil Affairs(民政部), the Ministry along with Civilization Office of the Central Committee (中央文明办),the Central Committee of the Communist Young League (共青团中央), and Ministry of Education (教育部) recently released Guidelines on Standardizing…

MOCA explains social organizations’ GDP statistics

On July 30th, Caixin News reported that, according to Shanghai Jiao Tong University's Center for the Third Sector's report, the official GDP data of social organizations is far less than the actual data. An official from Ministry of Civil Affairs (MOCA) later did an interview with Caixin explaining the differences between the numbers, and also confirmed that there might be errors in the raw data that had been announced.

Ministry of Civil Affairs launches its 9th “China Charity Award”

The Ministry of Civil Affairs (MOCA) has started the candidate selection process for its 9th China Charity Award (中华慈善奖). According to the MOCA, it is the highest charitable award given by the government and aims to commend organizations and individuals that have made outstanding contributions to China’s public welfare sector. Since 2005, the Award has been held 8 times and awarded to hundreds of organizations and individuals. According to the MOCA's own article on the Award, it has helped to encourage people to get involved in charity, contributed to the development of China's public welfare sector, and promoted a harmonious society.

Plan to “decouple” industry associations and chambers of commerce

On July 9th, the General Office of the CPC Central Committee and the General Office of the State Council published a “General Plan to Decouple Industry Association Chamber of Commerce and the Executive Authorities” (Plan) (行业协会商会与行政机关脱钩总体方案). According to the Plan,…

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.

Similar to other legal persons, social organizations will have “unicode”

On June 17th, the State Council published a Notice on Unifying Social Credit Code (Unicode) for National Reform and Development Commission and all other organizations (Notice) (国务院关于批转发展改革委等部门法人和其他组织统一社会信用代码制度建设总体方案的通知). From now on, similar to industry and commerce organizations and other legal persons,…