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Oxfam receives its registration credentials in Gansu and Guangdong

Yesterday Oxfam’s office in Gansu province received its registration credentials from the provincial Public Security Bureau (PSB), following the successful registration of Oxfam’s office in Guangdong on the 2nd of June. The professional supervisory unit (PSU) responsible for Oxfam’s office…
2017-06-20

Workshop on the Overseas NGO Law held in Ningbo

A workshop on the Overseas NGO Law was held by the Amity Foundation on May 25 in Ningbo, with the purpose of studying the law and discussing the way forward for exchange and cooperation with international civil society under its…
2017-06-06

Over 300 million Yuan in fines handed out for environmental violations

Beginning in April, China’s Central Environmental Inspector (CEI) has unearthed a series of environmental violations that have led to over 300 million yuan in fines, while conducting inspections in Tianjin, Shanxi, Liaoning, Anhui, Fujian, Hunan and Guizhou provinces. The CEI…
2017-05-31

The Nature Conservancy latest overseas NGO to successfully register

Representatives from The Nature Conservancy and Beijing’s Public Security Bureau.  The Nature Conservancy (TNC) received its registration credentials from the Beijing Public Security Bureau on May 24th, becoming the latest international NGO to be able to register in China since…
2017-05-26

A roundup on the registration of overseas NGOs in China

Since the new Overseas NGO Law was implemented in January, and perhaps since the law’s final version was released last April, the big question for most international NGOs working in China has been “will we be able to register”? The…
2017-05-26

Four provinces issue registration credentials to overseas NGOs

Registration credentials being conferred to a foreign NGO in Jiangxi Province.  In the past two weeks, Hubei, Jiangxi and Gansu provinces and the city of Tianjin have issued their first batches of registration credentials to overseas NGOs. These regions join…
2017-05-16

Practical Guide to the ONGO Law (Registration and Filing)

This handy guide, produced by the Center for Charity Law of the China Philanthropy Research Institute, provides answers to some of the frequent questions that arise when foreign NGOs want to register or apply for temporary activities in China under the new law.
2017-05-12

Chinese government issues new policy on think tanks

A new policy that bears on the future of Chinese think tanks, the “ Opinions on Promoting Healthy Development of Social Thinks Tanks”, was released this week by nine governmental departments, including the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the Central Propaganda…
2017-05-05
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The Chinese Design of the Charity Law

In the midst of the abounding commentary on China's first legislation on charity, British researcher Holly Snape offers a unique perspective on the "Chinese characteristics" embodied in the design of the Charity Law.
2017-04-20

Government puts end to charity suspected of pyramid scheme

  This week, The Ministry of Civil Affairs released an alert regarding Shanxinhui, a charity supposedly utilizing pyramid-scheme business models to misappropriate funds. The announcement by the Ministry read, “ALERT: National crackdown on Shanxinhui. Please exercise caution!” The Ponzi-scheme reminiscent…
2017-04-19

Overseas NGOs successfully register in Sichuan and Guangdong

On April 6, the Sichuan Public Security Bureau held a small ceremony for two overseas NGOs that successfully completed their registrations. The Development Organisation of Rural Sichuan (DORS) and the MSI Professional Services are officially the first overseas NGOs to…
2017-04-17
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