Policy & Regulations

Casting the spotlight on China’s hukou system’s chaos

Although close to 70% of social benefits have been decoupled from the hukou, most basic benefits such as education, healthcare and the pension system are still tied in to the hukou system.

2014-08-18

Mother of hukou-less child sues Foshan for linking family planning certificate to eligibility for hukou

A mother of a hukou-less child is suing her local public security bureau for refusing her second child's hukou application.

2014-08-14

College tuition fees set to rise for the first time in 14 years

Annual tuition fees in many provinces are set to rise from 3000 to 4000 RMB and above, with the highest recorded being Zhejiang's Engineering and Medicine undergraduate fees, which are set to rise from 3600 to 6670 RMB, an increase of 85.28%, and will affect new students matriculating after 2013.

2014-08-12

The public service organizations’ pension system reform will be implented nationwide within three years

Sources indicate that the public service organizations' pension system reform will be directly implemented nationwide instead of going through the usual process of being implemented through a regional pilot project first

2014-08-08

Household registration reform retains planned economy ideologies

The authors of this article believe that the content of the State Council's “Suggestions for advancing reform of the household registration system” retain a strong ideological lean towards that of a planned economy.

2014-08-05

Criminal detention of land petitioners in Sihong pesticide suicide protest stirs up controversy

The case of 7 land petitioners who drank pesticide outside the China Youth Daily office in Beijing on July 16 in an effort to draw attention to their grievances is once again making the news.

2014-07-31

Chinese companies counterfeit environmental protection data

In order to receive subsidies for high standards of environmental protective measures, Chinese companies have been falsifying their data.

2014-07-28

After 10 years of twists and turns, Chinese charity legislation to be considered next year

The National People’s Congress Domestic Legal Committee (全国人民代表大会内务司法委员会）has taken the lead in the drafting of the Charity Law and is expected to submit it for consideration in 2015.

2014-07-17

Report states charitable legislation lags behind; every year over 300 billion yuan of donations are obstructed

On April 26, Tsinghua University and Peking University jointly launched a program of salon discussions called, “charitable legislation bimonthly talks.” These talks have since been held approximately every two weeks, providing open academic discussion on a range of issues including the tax system and NGO related legislation.

2014-07-15

Barely 8% Beijing foundations publish information on the way they spend their funds

According to the Regulations on the management of foundations (基金会管理条例) and to the measures on the management of foundations' information (基金会信息管理办法), Chinese foundations have to publish annual reports.

2014-07-10

People-oriented Urbanization? Three events in May

CDB intern Martina Poletti reports on three events in May that discussed making China’s urbanization more sustainable.

2014-07-08

Beijing reiterates the “five proofs” requirement for migrant children to enroll in school

The Beijing Municipal Education Commission has reiterated that it will continue to maintain its enrollment requirements for mandatory education for those who have non-Beijing hukou. These requirements are commonly known as the “five proofs.”

2014-07-02

The Law on Food Safety will soon be Revised for the First Time

The law on food safety published in 2009 will soon be revised for the first time

2014-06-27

Guangzhou: NGOs are now permitted to have offices in private residences

On June 16, Guangzhou published a new regulation, the “Guangzhou guidelines on social organization Management”, cancelling the registration funding requirement for civil non-enterprise organizations and allowing them to have their office in private residences.

2014-06-19

CDB Reports

Casting the spotlight on China’s hukou system’s chaos

Mother of hukou-less child sues Foshan for linking family planning certificate to eligibility for hukou

College tuition fees set to rise for the first time in 14 years

The public service organizations’ pension system reform will be implented nationwide within three years

Household registration reform retains planned economy ideologies

Criminal detention of land petitioners in Sihong pesticide suicide protest stirs up controversy

After 10 years of twists and turns, Chinese charity legislation to be considered next year

Report states charitable legislation lags behind; every year over 300 billion yuan of donations are obstructed

Barely 8% Beijing foundations publish information on the way they spend their funds

People-oriented Urbanization? Three events in May

Beijing reiterates the “five proofs” requirement for migrant children to enroll in school

The Law on Food Safety will soon be Revised for the First Time

Guangzhou: NGOs are now permitted to have offices in private residences

Where did the 5 billion yuan of the Shenzhen’s disabled persons fund go?

The NPC Law Committee presents the features of the new Environmental Protection Law concerning public interest lawsuits

A Review of Civic Environmentalism in China in 2012

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