| Field | Sub-field | Primary Projects | Professional Supervisory Units | |
| Economy | Macro-economic Research | Research, exchange and cooperation on economic and social development | National Development and Reform Commission, Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Finance, and the corresponding organs in the provincial governments | |
| Evaluation and forecasting on economic and operational activities | ||||
| Research, exchange and cooperation on industrial norms and standards | ||||
| Research, exchange and cooperation on subjects related to economic policy-making, implementation and monitoring | ||||
| Trade and commerce and investment cooperation | Business liaison, product introduction, market research, policy consultancy, talent training and technology exchange | Ministry of Commerce and corresponding organs in the provincial governments | ||
| Research, exchange and cooperation on finance and taxation | Research, exchange and cooperation on financial theory; research, exchange and cooperation on financial theory related to the banking industry and other financial institutions | Ministry of Finance, People’s Bank of China, China Securities Regulatory Commission, China Insurance Regulatory Commission, and the corresponding organs in the provincial governments, China Bank Regulatory Commission and its representative offices at the provincial level | ||
| Research, exchange and cooperation on international accounting and auditing theory | Ministry of Finance, National Auditing Office and the corresponding organs in the provincial governments | |||
| Research, exchange and cooperation on international taxation theory | Ministry of Finance, State Administration of Tax and the corresponding organs in the provincial governments | |||
| Research, exchange and cooperation on international statistics theory | National Bureau of Statistic and the corresponding organs in the provincial governments | |||
| Information and communication | Research, exchange and cooperation on information and communication theory | Ministry of Industry and Information, The State Internet Information Office and the corresponding organs in the provincial governments | ||
| Agriculture | Public interest cooperation projects in rural areas | Ministry of Agriculture and the corresponding organs in the provincial governments | ||
| Experimentation on promoting agricultural technology, skills and capacity training | ||||
| Energy | Research, exchange and cooperation on international energy planning, policy, standards and monitoring | State Energy Administration and the corresponding organs in the provincial governments | ||
| Water conservancy | Protection of water resources; conservation of soil and water | Ministry of Water Resources and corresponding organs in the provincial governments | ||
| integrated river basin management | ||||
| Construction and management of reservoir and dam projects | ||||
| · Hydrologic investigation, monitoring and forecasting | ||||
| Transportation | Research, exchange and cooperation on urban public transportation | Ministry of Transportation and the corresponding organs in the provincial governments | ||
| Urban and Rural Housing Construction | Research, exchange and cooperation on management of housing and urban and rural construction | Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development and the corresponding organs in the provincial governments | ||
| Economy | Intellectual Property | Research, exchange and cooperation on international intellectual property theory | State Intellectual Property Office and the corresponding organs in the provincial governments | |
| Research, exchange and cooperation on international trademark theory | State Administration of Industry and Commerce, and the corresponding organs in the provincial governments | |||
| Others | Research, exchange and cooperation on oversight of technical quality and inspection & quarantine; exchange and cooperation on conflict diamonds and conflict mineral | State Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine and its directly subordinated Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureaus and the corresponding organs in provincial governments | ||
| Research, exchange and cooperation on express services | State Postal Bureau and the corresponding organs in the provincial governments | |||
| Research, exchange and cooperation on overseas travel | State Tourism Bureau and the corresponding organs in the provincial governments | |||
| Research, exchange and cooperation on safe production | State Administration of Work Safety and the corresponding organs in the provincial governments | |||
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Education
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Basic Education | Supporting the improvement and implementation of educational policies | The Ministry of Education and the corresponding organs in the provincial governments | |
| Improving the conditions of schools or providing financial aid to students from families with financial difficulties | ||||
| Supporting regions and schools to carry out off-campus education and innovation education activities
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| Supporting capacity building for teachers and education managers | ||||
| Cooperating with regions and schools to enrich the form and content of cultural communication between China and foreign countries
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| Cooperating with regions and schools to carry out educational activities to expand the students’ international perspective | ||||
| Cooperating with regions and schools to implement educational information construction | ||||
| Vocational Education and Continuing Education | Supporting cooperation between schools and enterprises | Ministry of Education, Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs and the corresponding organs in the provincial governments | ||
| Assist regions and schools to enhance the quality of personnel training | ||||
| Cooperating with regions and schools to implement educational information construction | ||||
| Cooperating with the regions and schools to enrich the form and content of cultural dialogue between China and foreign countries | ||||
| Cooperating to carry out relevant policy research | ||||
| Supporting capacity building for teachers and educational managers | ||||
| Higher education
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| Promoting exchanges of staff between China and foreign countries | The Ministry of Education and the corresponding organs in the provincial governments
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| Promoting Chinese students to study abroad and foreign students to study in China | ||||
| Supporting regions and colleges and universities to enhance the quality of higher education | ||||
| Cooperating to carry out academic dialogue activities | ||||
| Launching joint research projects | ||||
| Helping regions and colleges and universities to carry out cooperation and exchanges with the countries in the first line of the “one Belt and one Road” initiative. | ||||
| Supporting universities to explore and establish credit conversion and mutual recognition systems | ||||
| Cooperating with colleges and universities to organize and carry out teaching activities. | ||||
| Providing services in public education, educational law, educational policy research and consulting | ||||
| Preserving public education infrastructure | Ministry of Education, Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, and the corresponding organs in the provincial governments
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| Carrying out dialogue on public education outcomes | ||||
| Others | International vocational qualification certification examination and exchange and cooperation | |||
| International mutual recognition of engineering education and engineering qualifications.
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| Promoting continuing education activities for professionals and technical personnel | ||||
| Recommending and sending foreign professionals to Chinese educational institutions
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| Promoting communication and cooperation between post-doctors. | ||||
| Science and Technology | Basic research projects | Ministry of Science and Technology, China Association for Science and Technology, the State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs and the corresponding organs in the provincial governments | |
| High-end innovation technology programs | |||
| Social development science and development programs | |||
| Rural science and technology projects | |||
| Public science and technology services theory projects | |||
| Scientific popularization | |||
| Construction of platforms for science and technology services | |||
| Policy research on science and technology innovation, research on trends in science and technology development, promotion services | |||
| Promotion of scientific and technological development and achievements | |||
| Further training for talents in the basic sciences | |||
| Communication and cooperation on science and technology | |||
| Spreading of scientific and technological knowledge | |||
| Culture and Arts | Cultural and artistic creation and presentation | Ministry of Culture, State Administration of Cultural Relics and corresponding organs in the provincial governments | |
| Cultural and artistic education and training | |||
| Public cultural services | |||
| Protection of relics and intangible cultural heritage | |||
| Internet cultural services | |||
| Cultural creation and design services | |||
| Cultural and recreational services | |||
| Artistic products and related services | |||
| Arts agency | |||
| Cultural renting services | |||
| Cultural exhibition services | |||
| International advertisement communication and cooperation | State Administration of Industry and Commerce and corresponding organs in the provincial governments | ||
| Radio and Film | Dialogue and Cooperation on radio, film and television | State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television of the PRC, National Copyright Administration of the PRC and corresponding organs in the provincial governments | |
| News and Publishing Copyright | Foreign copyright authentication | ||
| Relating to research and popularization of copyright law | |||
| Industrial research on international copyright | |||
| Health | Disease Prevention and Control | Cooperation for preventing and treating AIDS, tuberculosis and other communicable diseases. | The National Health and Family Planning Commission and the corresponding organs in the provincial governments |
| Cooperation for preventing and treating chronic communicable diseases | |||
| Public Health | Research and policy consultation on policies, rules and standards for public health | ||
| Women and Children’s Health | Technical services, policy guidelines, educational promotion and training in the area of women and children’s health and reproductive health | ||
| Health and Ageing | Health and ageing policy consulting, service systems, construction of a system of long-term care, health education and promotion, training | ||
| Disease alleviation and capacity building | Treatment, alleviation, training and capacity building for cataract, cleft lip and palate, early-onset heart disease in children and other diseases. | ||
| Hospital management | Certification and evaluation activities for medical institutions, including hospital evaluations and the rating of hospital’s informatization | ||
| Medical technology education | Technological innovation in the field of health and population | ||
| Post-graduate medical education | |||
| Training related to continuing medical education | |||
| Chinese medicine | Communication, cooperation and development related to Chinese medicine | National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine and the corresponding organs in the provincial governments | |
| Food and medicine | Policy advice and technical services related to food safety, medicine, medical equipment, and cosmetics’ supervision and management | State Food and Drug Administration and the corresponding organs in the provincial governments | |
| Sports | Competitions and activities related to the Olympics | State Administration of Sports and the corresponding organs in the provincial governments | |
| Competitions and activities unrelated to the Olympics | |||
| Mass physical education activities | |||
| Sports industry communication and cooperation | |||
| Sports, culture and news communication and cooperation | |||
| Sports education and research academic activities | |||
| Anti-doping communication and cooperation | |||
| School sports competition and activities | Ministry of Education and the corresponding organs in the provincial governments | ||
| Other sports-related programs | State Administration of Sports and the corresponding organs in the provincial governments | ||
| Environmental
Protection |
Climate Change | National Development and Reform Commission; Ministry of Environmental Protection of the People’s Republic of China; National Energy Administration and the corresponding organs in the provincial governments | |
| Biodiversity Protection | Ministry of Environmental Protection of the People’s Republic of China; Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of The People’s Republic of China; The State Forestry Administration of the People’s Republic of China; Ministry of Agriculture of the People’s Republic of China; State Oceanic Administration of People’s Republic of China and the corresponding organs in the provincial governments | ||
| Ocean Protection | Environmental protection | State Oceanic Administration of the People’s Republic of China and the corresponding organs in the provincial governments | |
| Science and technology related to ocean protection | |||
| Disaster prevention and relief | |||
| Forestry Development | Land greening | State Forestry Administration of the People’s Republic of China and the corresponding organs in the provincial governments | |
| Forestry reform | |||
| Forestry and climate change | |||
| Forest industry development | |||
| Forestry goes global | |||
| Forest Resource Protection | Management concepts and models of state-owned forest farms | ||
| Governance and regulation of state-owned forest farms’ forest resources | |||
| Mangrove protection, and recovery and restoration of their ecosystem | |||
| Sustainable management of forest resources | |||
| Training, promotion and capacity building for PEFC (program for the endorsement of forest certification schemes) | |||
| Cooperation and exchange programs with countries certified by PEFC | |||
| Evaluation of forest ecosystems and of their ecosystem functions | |||
| Recovery and management of forest ecosystems demonstration | |||
| Protection, recovery, and management of forests for water resources conservation demonstration | |||
| Environmental
Protection |
Wetland Protection | Design concepts of international wetland protection policies, guidance and planning | State Forestry Administration of the People’s Republic of China and the corresponding organs in the provincial governments |
| Capacity building for wetland protection | |||
| Reasonable use of wetland resources | |||
| Promotion, education and public participation for wetland protection | |||
| Technological promotion and demonstration of wetland recovery | |||
| Wildlife Protection | Wildlife protection and breeding | ||
| Capacity building of grassroots protection organizations | |||
| Public promotion and education of wildlife protection | |||
| Capacity building, promotion, education and technological support for cracking down on illegal wildlife trade | |||
| Provision for scientific inquiry and policy suggestions | |||
| Desertification Control | Desertification monitoring, and investigation and evaluation of desert ecosystems | ||
| Public promotion and education for desertification control | |||
| Scientific research on the protection, recovery and restoration of desert ecosystems | |||
| Promotion for the policies, guidance and planning of desertification and land degradation control, and environmental protection around the globe | |||
| Cross-border cooperation for sandstorm monitoring, early warning and control | |||
| Community participation and construction for desert ecosystems, desertification control, and resource exploration and utilization | |||
| Construction of Nature Reserves, National Parks, Scenic Areas and Forest Parks | Public education and communal involvement in nature reserve construction | National Development and Reform Commission; Ministry of Environmental Protection of the People’s Republic of China; Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of The People’s Republic of China; State Forestry Administration of the People’s Republic of China; Ministry of Agriculture of the People’s Republic of China; State Oceanic Administration of People’s Republic of China and the corresponding organs in the provincial governments | |
| Ecotourism of nature reserves | |||
| Scientific research on nature reserves (experimental areas only) | |||
| Monitoring and patrolling of nature reserves (experimental areas only) | |||
| Protection and utilization of scenic areas | |||
| Planning, construction and management of scenic areas | |||
| Cooperation and research on construction and management of national parks | |||
| Forest parks construction, and management and capacity building | |||
| Pollution Control | Water pollution control | Ministry of Environmental Protection of the People’s Republic of China and the corresponding organs in the provincial governments | |
| Air pollution control | |||
| Land pollution control | |||
| Noise and light pollution control | |||
| Environmental monitoring | |||
| Legislation and law enforcement on environmental pollution | |||
| Response to environmental emergencies | |||
| Promotion and education of environmental protection | |||
| Meteorological Services | Meteorological monitoring, predictions, services, consultancy and cooperation | China Meteorological Administration and the corresponding organs in the provincial governments | |
| Poverty Alleviation, Disaster Relief and others | Social relief | Research and communication on social relief policy | The Ministry of Civil Affairs and the corresponding organs in the provincial governments |
| Case by case assistance for targets of social relief | |||
| Training for professionals of social relief | |||
| Organization and implementation and other auxiliary work of social relief | |||
| Social welfare | Social welfare policy research, planning and consultation | ||
| Charity development | |||
| Development of elderly care | |||
| Child welfare development | |||
| Social affairs and social work | Community governance and community service | ||
| Social work | |||
| Voluntary services | |||
| Minors protection | |||
| Disaster prevention, mitigation and relief | Knowledge promotion and skills training for disaster prevention, mitigation and relief | ||
| Donations | |||
| International communication and cooperation | |||
| Poverty Alleviation and Reduction | The State Council Poverty Alleviation Office and the corresponding organs in the provincial governments | ||
| Work for the disabled | Rehabilitation of disabled people | China Disabled Persons’ Federation,the Ministry of Civil Affairs,
the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security， the corresponding organs of the provincial governments and the provincial disabled persons’ federations |
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| Others | Legal Services | Management and capacity building for lawyers | Ministry of Justice of the People’s Republic of China and the justice departments of provincial people’s governments |
| Legal assistance | |||
| Mediation of disputes | |||
| Publicity and Education on the Rule of Law | |||
| Women’s Development and Gender Equality | Gender Equality | All-China’s Women Federation and provincial women federations | |
| Women’s Development | |||
| Trade Union Work | Research and cooperation | All-China Federation of Trade Unions and provincial trade unions | |
| Social Organization Research, Communication and Cooperation | Research on social organization management | Ministry of Civil Affairs of the People’s Republic of China and administrative departments of provincial people’s governments | |
| Communication and cooperation on social organization management | |||
| Communication in the Field of Overseas Chinese Affairs | International activities organized in China related to overseas Chinese | Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council and the corresponding organs in the provincial governments | |
| Others | Human Resources and Social Security | Research on policies of human resources and social security | Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security of the People’s Republic of China and the corresponding organs in the provincial governments |
| Public Career Planning, Policy Research and Consultancy | |||
| Research, Communication and Cooperation on the Importation of Foreign Experts | Development plans, laws and regulations, policy research, consultancy, promotion and education on the introduction of foreign experts | State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs and the corresponding organs in the provincial governments | |
| Cooperation on introducing foreign experts and intellectual dialogue, and promotion of the achievements | |||
| Going abroad for official training, exchange and promotion of the achievements | |||
| Exchange and cooperation for programs to introduce advanced foreign knowledge systems and promotion of the achievements | |||
| Movement of Individuals | Research, communication and cooperation on the movement of individuals; laws and regulations, policy research, communication and cooperation, promotion and education on the administration of and provision of services to foreigners | Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security of the People’s Republic of China, State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs and the corresponding organs in the provincial governments |
1. This list is issued in accordance with Article 3, 11 and 34 of the “PRC Law on the Management of the Activities of Overseas NGOs within Mainland China”, for the purpose of guiding overseas’ NGOs to lawfully carry out activities within China.
2. Those overseas NGOs who wish to set up representative offices within China should, based on their scope of operation, geographic areas of activities and the specific needs arising from these activities, confirm a professional supervisory unit in accordance with this List. Upon acquiring consent from the professional supervisory units, they should apply for registration with the public security organs in the provincial level government where the representative offices are to be located.
3. Should the overseas NGO’s activities cover multiple fields, one professional supervisory unit should be determined and selected in accordance with their primary field of activities and chief scope of operations. With respect to the other activities falling outside of the primary field, the primary professional supervisory unit may consult with relevant departments, who in turn should actively cooperate and jointly provide services and supervision (to overseas NGOs).
4. Based on this List and local conditions, the public security organs at the provincial level should coordinate with relevant agencies in researching, issuing and publishing a local version of the “List of Fields of Activity, Categories of Projects and Professional Supervisory Units for Overseas NGOs” to provide guidance for overseas NGOs to lawfully carry out activities within China.
5. This List will be adjusted and modified as needed in response to actual conditions and changes occurring in the course of overseas NGOs carrying out activities within China.
For the original Chinese version of this list, see here.
