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An overview of the 2017 annual reports of China’s online fundraising platforms

China’s Charity Law, passed in 2016, stipulates that all charitable organisations must release fundraising information only on official platforms recognised by the Civil Affairs Department of the State Council. A year and a half after 12 organizations passed the first…

2018-03-14

Report: over 80% of female journalists have been sexually harassed in the workplace

Jointly published by the Guangzhou Gender Education Center, the verified media account ATSH (Anti-Sexual Harassment), and the China Women’s Film Festival, a recent survey of female journalists’ experience of sexual harassment in the workplace discloses that more than 80% of…

2018-03-12

Report: Chinese women earn 22% less than men

The day before International Women’s Day, the well-known Chinese recruitment website Zhaopin released a report on the status of Chinese women in the workplace in 2018. 102,415 valid questionnaires were collected in order to compile the report, according to which…

2018-03-09

Report Released on Child Sexual Abuse in 2017

A report on child sexual abuse in 2017 has been released by the Girls Protection Fund of the China Foundation of Culture and Arts for Children. The statistics were gathered from media reports based on cases heard by procuratorates at…

2018-03-07

Prime minister’s annual work report sets poverty alleviation and environmental goals

As in previous years, premier Li Keqiang delivered a government work report to the opening session of the National People’s Congress in Beijing’s Great Hall of the People on March 5. During the session, the Chinese premier reported on the…

2018-03-06

Official statistics released on the development of the social work industry in 2017

A circular published by the Ministry of Civil Affairs in mid-February summarized the development of the social work sector in 2017 with detailed figures. By the end of 2017, 312,089 social work posts had been created in both urban and…

2018-03-06

Couleurs de Chine and another two overseas NGOs register in Southern China

Three overseas NGOs have recently picked up their registration certificates in different areas of Southern China. The most well known of the three is the French organization Couleurs de Chine, which registered its office in Guanxi province. Couleurs de Chine…

2018-03-02

United Family’s charitable foundation officially registers

The United Foundation for China’s Health has successfully passed the Ministry of Civil Affairs’ approval process, thus becoming a legally registered Chinese non-public fundraising foundation. The charitable foundation was initiated by the United Family Healthcare Group which manages Beijing United…

2018-03-01

Temple fair uses creative tickets to help find missing children

A temple fair in Henan province, northern China, has recently put itself in the spotlight by putting the photos and information of lost children on the back of its tickets. Visitors to the fair were encouraged to take photos of…

2018-02-27

Blogger detained for posting fake photos of rare animals being prepared for dinner

A blogger in China recently received five days of detention for posting photoshopped pictures of butchered exotic animals waiting to be cooked on the eve of the Lunar New Year. Going by the nickname 一车当先cars on Weibo, the Chinese equivalent…

2018-02-24

Single woman writes to NPC deputies asking for the right to freeze her eggs

A 29 year old single woman named Zhan Yingying has sent letters to 64 National People’s Congress deputies from Jilin province, urging them to propose a motion to allow Chinese single women to make use of ART (Assisted Reproductive Technology)…

2018-02-22

China’s first employment discrimination case involving transgender man ends with signs of progress

Chinese court says for the first time that employees should not be treated differently based on their gender identity and expression.

2018-02-13

Yunnan hospital taken to task for recruitment ad discriminating against women

A recent case in Yunnan has provided an encouraging example of an institution being taken to task by bloggers over the use of sexist language in recruitment ads, and providing a quick and satisfying response to the controversy after the…

2018-02-11

Official statistics show how last year’s lottery revenue was spent

Official statistics for 2017 have revealed that the annual revenue from lottery sales in China exceeded 400 billion yuan for the first time, a sum equivalent to the annual fiscal revenue of Beijing. In an interview with Xinhua, the authorities…

2018-02-09

Entrepreneur donates nearly 10 billion yuan for wildlife conservation

On the 19th of January, the official Instagram account of US sitcom the Ellen Show uploaded a video on Instagram, entitled “this Chinese woman is donating 1.5 billion dollars to save endangered animals.” The video got more than 3 million…

2018-02-08

Fundraising drive for burnt baby ignites discussion over charity’s management fees

A debate over a charity’s management fees has been ignited by the case of Hanghang, a 6-month-old baby from Anhui province. On the 26th of January, Hanghang was unfortunately badly burnt by a small electric heater. The accident was caused…

2018-02-07

An overview of the 2017 annual reports of China’s online fundraising platforms

Report: over 80% of female journalists have been sexually harassed in the workplace

Report: Chinese women earn 22% less than men

Report Released on Child Sexual Abuse in 2017

Prime minister’s annual work report sets poverty alleviation and environmental goals

Official statistics released on the development of the social work industry in 2017

Couleurs de Chine and another two overseas NGOs register in Southern China

United Family’s charitable foundation officially registers

Temple fair uses creative tickets to help find missing children

Blogger detained for posting fake photos of rare animals being prepared for dinner

Single woman writes to NPC deputies asking for the right to freeze her eggs

China’s first employment discrimination case involving transgender man ends with signs of progress

Yunnan hospital taken to task for recruitment ad discriminating against women

Official statistics show how last year’s lottery revenue was spent

Entrepreneur donates nearly 10 billion yuan for wildlife conservation

Fundraising drive for burnt baby ignites discussion over charity’s management fees

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