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Tencent Group released its Report on Carbon Neutrality Goals and Actions earlier this year, promising to achieve carbon neutrality in its supply chain no later than 2030. Ma Huateng, chairman and CEO of the Board of Directors, emphasized that the…

The number of social enterprises in Beijing will exceed 300 by the end of the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-2025), according to a recent document issued following the meeting of Beijing Municipal Leading Group for Social Construction. The group released the…

In 2020, China’s government announced the country’s environmental goals of achieving peak carbon by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2060. Last year, a team led by Professor Chen Wenying from Tsinghua University developed an energy-environmental economic model, China TIMES, which…

The Amity Foundation has funded 310 Cambodian students to continue their studies through its “Pass the Flame International Student Aid Project”, according to a recent conclusion meeting held by the foundation. A Chinese NGO created in 1985, the Amity Foundation…

For this year’s World Earth Day, some Chinese elementary and middle schools in cities like Beijing and Hangzhou launched a new class on the concept of zero waste. The class — Zero Waste Knowledge — is part of the “Pepsi…

The 1st Interdisciplinary Academic Exchange Conference of the Research Center for Zero-carbon Buildings was held at Tsinghua University on March 11. Dozens of experts and academics delivered speeches on promoting carbon emission reduction in rural areas. Professor Zhang Hong from…

Xiamen Maritime Court recently concluded China’s first case related to a dispute over damage to the marine environment, brought by the Coast Guard. The defendant, a shipping company based in Wuhu, Anhui Province, was ordered to pay more than 1.28…

A new set of opinions has been released to promote China’s rural revitalization through the culture industry, according to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism website. Issued by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry…

A new set of opinions jointly issued by 17 Chinese departments urge cities to regulate the development of youth social organizations and increase the number of volunteers providing services for young people. The departments include the Central Propaganda Department, Cyberspace…

When flight MU5735 crashed in Wuzhou, Guangxi, on March 21, rescue teams from NGOs and private companies rushed to the site to participate in the search for victims. Due to poor weather and the complex terrain of the local mountainous…

The Social Organization Law Enforcement Supervision Bureau of the Ministry of Civil Affairs released a list of 10 social organizations that have recently been banned on April 8. The organizations are as follows: China Quality Certification Supervision Commission (listed as…

China’s top economic planner and three ministries jointly issued guidance on promoting the green development of the Belt and Road Initiative on March 16, encouraging businesses to increase investment and global cooperation in green infrastructure, investment, finance and environmental impact…

Shenzhen employers that sign labor contracts of at least a year with disabled job applicants may apply for social insurance subsidies and recruitment incentives, according to the newly released “Shenzhen Measures for Promoting the Employment of Disabled Persons”. Those recruited…

Waterdrop, one of China’s most popular online fundraising platforms, announced early this year that the platform will add a 3 percent service charge (no more than 5,000 yuan) for a single fundraising project on a pilot basis in some selected…

In recent decades, public interest lawsuits have significantly promoted the global governance of climate change in Western countries. According to statistics from the Center for Climate Change Economics and Policy (CCCEP), 1,841 climate change lawsuits had been filed around the…

Launched by GIZ, Syn Tao and China Credit Information Service (CCIS) in 2006, CCM CSR Promotion Center (CCM) was one of the first platforms designed to foster the private sector’s fulfillment of social responsibility. Since 2014, the Center has carried…

China’s 2022 Government Work Report, released earlier this month, proposes to develop social work and support the healthy development of social organizations, humanitarian aid, volunteer services, and public welfare. Meanwhile, new requirements have been put forward in many fields such…

Over 70 percent of the 8,288 people surveyed have expressed concern about child abuse, according to a recent annual report by Girls’ Protection. 81.6 percent of those surveyed were women, most of whom had children. Since its launch in 2013…