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Draft regulation on overseas aid released

The China International Development Cooperation Agency (IDCA), a new state-level department set up during the fourth session of the first annual meeting of the Thirteenth National People’s Congress in March, has published the draft of the “Overseas Aid Management Method”…

CDB holds forum for overseas NGOs

We are pleased to report that China Development Brief’s third forum for overseas NGOs was successfully held in Beijing on the 6th and 7th of November. Entitled “China’s Overseas NGO Law Two Years On”, the forum attracted an audience of…

Report outlines the development of community social organizations

China’s 12th National Five-year Economic and Social Development Plan Outlines, valid for 2011-2015, referred to urban and rural community social organizations (社区社会组织) as especially significant among social organizations. A report by the China Philanthropy Research Institute of BNU outlines some…

Largest charitable trust in China established

The Lu Guanqiu Sannong Fuzhi Fund, whose initial trust property is the entire equity of the Wanxiang Sannong Group Limited Company, completed its charitable trust establishment on October 8, 2018. The Wanxiang Sannong Group Limited Company was established by Lu…

Alipay integrated into national tree-planting scheme

The National Green Committee Office, the China Green Foundation and Ant Forest (an application produced by Alipay) signed a strategic cooperation agreement on the “Internet and comprehensive voluntary tree-planting” (互联网+全面义务植树) with the National Forestry and Grasslands Administration on October 23.…

Report on snow leopard conservation in China released

(All pictures are from the Status of Snow Leopard Survey and Conservation, China 2018) This Tuesday a launch event was held in Beijing for a report on the status of snow leopard conservation in China, coinciding with International Snow Leopard…

People’s Daily reports on Chinese volunteers overseas

The People’s Daily recently reported on two cases of Chinese volunteers taking part in humanitarian work overseas. The first case is that of Wang Ziming, a graduating senior and international volunteer of the Common Future Fund (a social organization) who…