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The China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission (CBIRC) recently issued the Green Finance Guidelines for the Banking and Insurance Industry (the Guidelines), which for the first time proposed the incorporation of ESG (Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance) guidelines into the…

China House and Conversation Action Network Borneo (CAN) in Indonesia have worked together since 2017, jointly establishing the Center for Orangutan Protection (COP) in 2020. Earlier this year, the center partnered with Fellow Village Community to carry out a planting…

Many NGOs and social media accounts reposted CCTV’s advocacy article about carbon reduction on June 15, the 7th National Low Carbon Day, explaining to the public environmental concepts such as green carbon, blue carbon, and carbon emissions trading. The article…

Seventeen departments including the Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE), National Development and Reform Commission, Ministry of Science and Technology and others jointly issued the “National Climate Change Adaptation Strategy 2035”, making overall plans to prepare the country to adapt…

Broadcast for three hours, China Philanthropy Times’ live event releasing the 19th (2022) China Charity Ranking drew more than 5.5 million online viewers. The event featured 46 guest speakers and was covered by over 280 media outlets across the country.…

China has stepped-up afforestation efforts and completely stopped the commercial logging of forests in the past decade. Large-scale tree planting projects have been carried out all over the country, with a total of 1.17 billion mu (193 million acres) of…

Editor’s note: Guangdong is known for piloting new policies and played a vital role in China’s economic reforms at the end of the 1970s. Guangdong Provincial Department of Civil Affairs recently issued the “Guangdong Province Community Social Organization Classification and…

Professor Zhu Zhaonan from Beijing Qiyue Philanthropy Service Center recently gave a speech at an event hosted by Nonprofit-Evaluation. Zhu said that NGOs, or non-profit organizations, have experienced a period of great development worldwide including in mainland China in the…

In line with the common goal of green innovation to help sustainable urban development, China Alliance of Social Value Investment (CASVI) and Shenzhen Green Finance Association is hosting this year’s social innovation acceleration camp. Supported by the United Nations Development…

Led by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and held annually on June 5 since 1973, World Environment Day is the largest global platform for environmental public outreach and is celebrated by millions of people across the world. This year…

April saw roughly 40 large donations of 10 million yuan ($1.5 milllion) or more from enterprises and individuals, totaling more than 1.22 billion yuan in total, according to the China Philanthropy Times. Of the four grand donations (100 million yuan…

China is about to establish a national carbon monitoring network covering major cities in major regions, according to the country’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE). “With the successful launch of the atmospheric environment monitoring satellite on April 16, China…

On May 22, International Day for Biological Diversity, Beijing Fangshan District People’s Court introduced two typical cases related to biodiversity conservation to the public using social media. Case 1 In early January 2020, the defendant, Gao, purchased a Sulcata tortoise…

Nearly 10 billion yuan ($1.5 billion) was raised online in 2021, an increase of 18 percent from 2020, according to annual data released during the China Internet Philanthropy Summit held online on May 20. Internet donations increased from 2.5 billion…

Chinese prosecutors have been given the authority to file public interest lawsuits against those who have damaged marine ecology, marine aquatic resources and marine protected areas, according to new regulations. The “Regulations on Several Issues Concerning the Handling of Marine…

NGOs in China will face stricter rules when hosting “recognition activities” or giving out awards, according to the new “Administrative Measures for Social Organization Evaluation Recognition, and Commendation Activities” released earlier this month. The measures, issued by China’s National Evaluation,…

Beijing is now home to approximately 10 percent of all the foundations in China, ranking second in the country, according to a new China Foundation Center (CFC) report. Based on the 6,829 annual reports for 2020 from foundations across the…

Every third Sunday in May is China’s National Disability Day. This year’s theme focused on promoting employment of the disabled and protecting their rights. On May 15, activities were held across China, both online and offline, depending on the local…