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China’s Charity Law, released in 2016, is about to get amended for the first time — the amendment draft was submitted to the 38th meeting of the Standing Committee of the 13th National People’s Congress for its first review on…

The following are some of the year’s corporate social responsibility highlights as reported by China Philanthropy Times.   In March 2022, the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council established the Social Responsibility Bureau, whose primary responsibilities are…

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Volunteers in Beijing are taking action to offer much-needed help to local residents, bringing warmth to hundreds of households this winter.   The Lei Feng Volunteer Team in Dongcheng District currently has 51 volunteers, consisting of street community Party members, youth…

China Small Animal Protection Association (CSAPA), together with iDreamSky, a gaming company, launched a program titled “Dream Guardianship” in November, to help stray animals get safely through the cold winter months.   Based on the gaming platform, the guardianship program encourages…

The Zhejiang Provincial Department of Finance recently established special guiding funds to reward and incentivize outstanding charitable organizations that have standardized management, regularly disclose information to the public, act as a driving force for philanthropic causes, and raise large amounts…

A side event at COP15 titled “The Wisdom of Symbiosis: The Tradition, Contribution and Future of Biodiversity Conservation by Local Communities” was successfully held at the China Pavilion on Nov 9 in Montreal, Canada.    The event was organized by the…

Avoice is a program focusing on fighting against violence towards overseas Chinese women. On Nov 26, the program released its first impact report, sharing its goals, intervention models, the scope of practice, and key achievements since its establishment in 2020.   …

A document titled “Guidelines on Volunteer Service for the Elderly in Beijing” was released on Dec 5 by Beijing Municipal Civil Affairs Bureau and three other departments.   The guidelines provide a practical roadmap for volunteers to provide services for senior…

Beijing Zhicheng Society for the Promotion of Zhongfu, a local organization aiming to support NGOs (or social organizations in the Chinese context) through multi-faceted resources, hosted a seminar series titled “NGO Development in Beijing in the New Era”, from Nov…

Earlier this year an elderly man exercising at the Shekou Sports Center in Shenzhen suddenly collapsed after suffering a cardiac arrest. Luckily, the center was equipped with an automated external defibrillator (AED) which was used to save his life. The…

Kunshan Blue Sky Rescue (BSR) recently helped a 76-year-old woman who had been missing for five days find her family, demonstrating BSR’s mission of saving lives regardless of difficulty.   On Nov 20, the Kunshan BSR team received a report that…

The Natural Resource and Planning Departments of Hunan Province and the prefectural-level city of Yiyang recently formed three teams of volunteers to take on duties at the front lines of a drought taking place in and around the city, offering…

China Environmental Grant-makers Alliance Report 2021 was officially released at COP27 in Egypt, marking the fourth year of China Environmental Grant-makers Alliance’s (CEGA) annual reports. The 2021 report summarizes the grant-making practices of CEGA members and 58 non-CEGA member foundations…

Sichuan Youth Volunteers, the Sichuan Emergency Volunteer Service Association, the Meishan Municipal Committee of the Communist Youth League and the Meishan Emergency Management Bureau held a training session on flood control and relief in Meishan, Sichuan Province, from Nov 3…

A community in Shanghai’s Hongqiao town published a Risk Identification Checklist for Minors in early November, the first checklist of its kind to be published in the city. According to official records, there are currently 8,320 minors in the Hongqiao…

On Nov 3, the Department of Emergency Management, the Central Civilization Office, the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League issued a document on promoting emergency relief. According to the document, China aims to…

Following the conclusion of the 20th Party Congress, the Ministry of Civil Affairs (MCA) announced that China is set to establish its first group of grassroots governance research centers on Nov 8. The announcement came against the backdrop of the…