How to Ensure the Sustainability of Poverty Alleviation?
This article by CASS researcher Xun Lili explores China's recent efforts to alleviate poverty from the perspectives of sustainability and empowerment.
2017-08-09
What’s wrong with China’s system for recruiting social workers?
A recent article published in Southern Weekly discusses the problems in China’s current system of social worker recruitment. The author, a social work professor from Beijing Normal University, points out three major challenges.
First of all, the “package” model through…
2017-07-19
Selfless American Teaches Children in Rural Gansu Province for 17 Years
The story of American teacher David Deems, who has been teaching and collecting donations for local schools in a remote area of Western China for the past 17 years.
2017-05-22
Purported dissolving of social work undergraduate program by Sun Yat-sen University stirs concern
Earlier this week the headmaster of Sun Yat-sen University announced the closing of the university’s social work undergraduate program, igniting alarm from students and netizens. In response to the school’s announcement to dissolve the program, students wrote an open letter…
2017-05-09
China to host Asia’s largest social work conference
On April 20, the “The Preparation Meeting for the 24th Asia-Pacific Joint Regional Social Work Conference ” was convened in Shenzhen. The Conference is to be held on September 26-29, 2017 which will mark the first time that the International…
2017-04-24
A Shared Future: the Chinese Volunteers Helping Syrian Refugees
The story of two Peking University students who went to Gaziantep, a Turkish city near the border with Syria, as volunteers to assist the numerous Syrian refugees there.
2017-04-07
Women’s Rights in China – an Interview with Feng Yuan
An interview with veteran Chinese feminist Feng Yuan on women's rights in China.
2017-03-22
Rural governments to welcome social workers and social organizations
Social workers and social organizations are predominantly clustered in Chinese cities, where it is easier for them to develop due to the concentration of resources and government support. Chinese urbanites currently enjoy a higher level of social services than those…
2017-02-26
The Chinese Charity Sector’s Top 10 News Stories in 2016
This article, translated from China's Charity Times, lists the top 10 news stories to come out of the country's charity sector in 2016. From incidents of fake fundraising to litigations on air pollution, these are the stories most representative of the changes that Chinese charity is going through.
2017-01-25
Overseas NGOs’ online registration handbook (Version 1.0)
Following the implementation of the Overseas NGO Law, the Ministry of Public Security has now created a handbook for overseas NGOs in China that want to register online. We have translated it into English.
2017-01-18
The problems of social work in small cities—some reflections from Binzhou, Shandong Province
A young social worker from the city of Binzhou provides us with some interesting reflections on the problems her sector faces in small and medium-sized cities across China
2016-12-07
Working towards an AIDS-free generation in China
According to statistics from China’s Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the number of people living with HIV in China had reached 654,000 by September 2016. About 94.2% of the new cases were transmitted through sexual behaviour. Wang Yu,…
2016-12-05
Unisex Toilets in China: the Debate
Unisex public toilets are appearing in a number of Chinese cities. They can be seen as a way of providing more equality of service to women, and of being inclusive of those who don't fit into the gender binary. This article from the China News website discusses the meaning of adopting such toilets, and the debate that has arisen around this issue.
2016-11-24
Forum calls for social forces to participate in the preservation of cultural relics
The first forum for social forces involved in the protection of cultural relics was held by the China Foundation for Cultural Heritage Conservation (CFCHC) and Guangming Daily in Beijing on November 3rd. The policies, mechanisms and legislation for the involvement…
2016-11-07
400 missing people found through the Headline Person Finder
A couple of missing twin boys were found through the Headline Person Finder on October 25th, becoming the 399th and 400th people to be rescued through this charitable project. The platform is run by a media outlet called 今日头条 (Headlines…
2016-11-01
2015: Public Welfare and Gender
This article from the Chinese Academy of Social Science's annual Blue Book of Philanthropy describes how gender issues came back to the fore in China's non-profit sector over 2015, after years of being consigned to the back burner.
2016-08-12
China Institute for Philanthropy and Social Innovation established in Beijing
The China Institute for Philanthropy and Social Innovation, supported by Renmin University of China (RUC), was officially established on July the 26th. Over 100 representatives from the government sector, philanthropy circles, schools, enterprises and the media attended the launching ceremony.…
2016-07-27
Top 100 Chinese social work organizations of 2015 nominated
In order to promote the standardized management of social work and its sustainable development, the Social Work School of the Open University of China and the Philanthropy Times organized a contest to nominate the “Top 100 Chinese Social Work Organizations…
2016-06-30
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