CDB Reports

Features

Original feature articles on the leading people and organizations in China’s NGO sector.

Elderly Rights: Empowering Vision via Her Eyes

Ms. Wang, a woman in her seventies, has lived three years shrouded in unending darkness. The once-vibrant landscapes surrounding her remote rural home have faded from her memory since losing her sight. Her husband’s passing left her navigating life’s complexities…

Empowering CSOs: Shaping Effective Mental Health Care in China

Mental health has emerged as an increasingly urgent concern globally, transcending borders and affecting diverse populations worldwide. The rising prevalence of mental health conditions across societies has underscored the necessity for a thorough reassessment of conventional approaches to mental healthcare.…

Unlocking Global Social Impact: Philanthropy, Measurement, and AI

In the dynamic world of philanthropy, the pursuit of social impact serves as a compass guiding transformative change. Beyond financial metrics, social impact encapsulates the profound, positive changes that charitable efforts bring to societies worldwide. This article delves into the…

Yun Jianli: guardian of the Hanjiang River

A few years ago, as I walked along a street adjacent to Erlizhuang Primary School in Beijing’s Dongcheng District, I noticed a photograph pinned to a display board. One of the photographs showed a familiar figure, Yun Jianli, lecturing to…

Conservationists race to save Chinese giant salamander

When Liang Congjie, known for founding Friends of Nature, was invited to an ecological festival in Zhangjiajie in western Hunan Province, he was astonished that a dish featuring the Chinese giant salamander was served to him at a welcome dinner.…

Beijing’s Pinggu District hosts conference on food security

An inaugural World Agrifood Innovation Conference (WAFI) was held from Nov 2 to 4 in Beijing’s Pinggu District, with the “Pinggu Consensus” adopted by participants from 61 countries and regions. Themed as “Food Security and Future Agriculture”, the conference was…

Shenzhen meeting celebrates art therapy

The “Inner Drive – Indigenous Art Therapy Exhibition” opened its doors at the TNT Contemporary Art Space in Dafen, Shenzhen on Oct 20, 2023, ushering in a powerful celebration of art’s transformative potential in the realm of mental health. An…

Job coaching for the disabled: an NGO perspective

Author’s note: Although “the disabled” and “disabled people” have been used throughout the article for reasons of convenience and readability, “persons with disabilities” is now often used instead as it helps to acknowledge that disability is just one aspect of…

Environmental protection in China: international NGOs play crucial role

In an era marked by global challenges, International Non-Governmental Organizations (INGOs) remain invaluable partners in the pursuit of social development goals worldwide. In China, a nation still experiencing rapid economic growth and urbanization, the need for INGOs is as pressing…

Wang Jiyong: protecting Guizhou’s rivers

Twenty years ago, when Wang Jiyong worked in Beijing, he often thought of his home province of Guizhou. Impoverished and lacking infrastructure, children in Guizhou’s countryside had fewer opportunities when it came to getting an education than those in wealthier…

Losing an only child: the fight to help ‘shidu parents’

The Maple Women’s Psychological Counselling Center joined hands with Sohu on Sept 6 to livestream a discussion on mental health issues impacting elderly parents who suffer the loss of their only child, also known as “shidu parents”. When a couple’s…

Green Hunan: the group dedicated to fighting river pollution

When Green Hunan won the Person of Year on Rule of Law in 2013, an award given to individuals and organizations by China’s Ministry of Justice and China Central Television (CCTV), the group’s leader Dai Xiaoyan, took a back seat. …