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Children from a community in Fenggang County, Guizhou Province, celebrated this year’s Mid-Autumn Festival together at a local children’s home. But it was not a normal celebration with families coming together to enjoy the festivities: the children’s parents were not…

The Global Child Law Fellowship 2021-22, co-sponsored by Beijing Children’s Legal Aid Research Center and the Child Law International Alliance (CLIA), was launched in September in Burundi, Kenya, Liberia, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, India and the Philippines. Twelve lawyers from the…

On World Car-Free Day earlier this year, Greenpeace released a report titled “Zero Carbon Countdown: Comparison of major automakers’ carbon emission levels and compliance in China, the EU and the USA”. The report gathered the most recent statistics on the…

A foodbank has opened its own store on Chinese e-commerce website Taobao. The shop, which went online on Sept 16, aims to provide food close to its sell-by date to those who can’t afford to meet their daily calorie needs.…

The Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer formally came into force in China on Sept 15. China joined the Montreal Protocol in 1991 to phase out the production and usage of ozone-depleting chemicals.…

In the early hours of September 16, a 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck Luxian County, Sichuan Province, killing three people and leaving 100 injured. By 4 p.m., it was reported that 1,400 houses had collapsed and 6,400 were severely damaged, affecting more…

During the recent floods in Henan Province, a new phenomenon quickly emerged in the disaster relief efforts: charitable foundations providing support to rescue teams. And it’s thought that this model might now become more common during future disasters. On Aug…

“This desolate area where green wheatgrass seeds were sown just three months ago is now alive with color. You can hardly imagine my pride, wrote Chen Juanling, general manager of public relations and communications for Garan Group, on WeChat. Last…

In the past couple of years, the government has increasingly put forward new documents and favourable policies to encourage the development of the social work sector, with an emphasis on creating space for social workers to become more engaged in…

The National Press and Publication Administration has announced new rules limiting the amount of time children can play games online. The notice, issued on Aug 30, quickly became the subject of intense public debate. Tech giants including Tencent and NetEase…

In Hefei Telecommunications new village, 38 elderly residents have registered to donate their organs after they die. Among them, the eldest donor is 93 and the youngest is 50. Many among the group have expressed frustration that people do not…

According to data released by the Ministry of Civil Affairs, by 2025 China will have more than 300 million senior citizens, accounting for over 20 percent of the total population. In an effort to make life easier for elderly people,…

In July, staff from the China Energy Investment Corporation Foundation (CHN Energy Foundation) came together with medical experts from Beijing to offer congenital heart disease (CHD) screening for children at Lufeng People’s Hospital in Chuxiong, Yunnan Province. Children from low-income…

Last month, many people were pleasantly surprised to find that the much talked about Bear Claw Coffee chain had established a presence at a new mall in Shanghai. One month later, Bear Claw Coffee has, once again, opened a new…

Urban Wilderness first came to public attention after producing a couple of publications introducing the animal and plant species native to Shanghai. Since then, it has published guides on birds, nocturnal animals and wild flowers. Located at Shanghai Pujiang Country…

According to the National Health Commission, as of Aug 16, a total of 548 COVID-19 cases had been identified in Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, with people over 60 accounting for more than half of them. Yangzhou has been categorized as an…