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Tencent CEO leads China’s top 100 philanthropists list for 2016

The total amount of philanthropic donations in China last year reached a historic 3.79 million yuan, while Tencent’s Pony Ma was the top donor, according to the 2016 top 100 Chinese philanthropists list jointly released by Beijing Normal University and…

2017-01-19

Taiwanese professor says social organizations should not follow the market logic

Social organizations should distinguish themselves from commercial companies and seek their own method for distributing dividends, said Taiwan National Chengchi University Professor Chiang Min-Hsiu in an interview with the Chinese magazine China Philanthropist. When asked about his perspective on the…

2017-01-18

Increasing numbers of Chinese millionaires devote themselves to charity

“The hope for education in China does not lie in the developed first-tier cities, but in rural areas. To measure whether a country is powerful enough you have to look not at its strongest aspects, but at the weakest ones.…

2017-01-17

Ministry of Public Security official explains Overseas NGOs Management Law in Beijing

The “PRC Law on the Management of Activities of Overseas NGOs in Mainland China“ (Overseas NGOs Management Law) has now been in force for two weeks. Even though the Ministry of Public Security and municipal public security organs have…

2017-01-16

Public interest litigations system in need of revamping

Editor’s note This is our translation of an editorial of Southern Metropolis Daily, which discusses cases of public interest litigations in which the public prosecution acts as the plaintiff. There have recently been quite a few such cases in China,…

2017-01-13

China’s philanthropy sector embracing blockchain

Blockchain, the technology behind the virtual currency Bitcoin, is creating a new model for charities in China. Around the end of 2016 Zhongtopia, an online mutual aid networks platform, used blockchain technology to create Xinchain, a database which can track…

2017-01-13

UNDP launches new program to align Chinese philanthropy’s efforts with SDGs

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) will partner with the China Foundation Center to deepen the convergence between Chinese philanthropy and sustainable development, as the two organizations jointly launched a program of cooperation in Beijing on January 6. The program,…

2017-01-10

Shanghai’s Adream tops transparency ranking of China’s philanthropic foundations

Shanghai’s Adream Charitable Foundation is China’s most transparent philanthropic foundation, followed by China Red Cross foundation and China Charities Aid Foundation for Children, according to the 2016 Chinese Philanthropic Foundation Transparency Ranking. Jiemian News, a well-established digital media, released the…

2017-01-09

Wang Zhenyao: the philanthropic economy and the mission of China’s philanthropy

The 2016 China Annual Conference on Philanthropy was held in the China National Convention Center in Beijing on December 27. Wang Zhenyao, Dean of the China Philanthropy Research Institute and the China Global Philanthropy Institute, was given the “2016 China…

2017-01-06

Five public interest litigation precedents published by the Supreme People’s Procuratorate

Public interest litigation initiated by procuratorates has become a new frontier for procuratorates to exercise their judicial supervision authority, and this issue has received heightened attention from all sections of society. After one and a half years’ piloting, on January…

2017-01-05

China’s first environmental protection tax law expected to take effect in 2018

The PRC Environmental Protection Tax Law was passed during the 25th session of the 12th National People’s Congress (NPC) Standing Committee on December 25, and will come into effect on January 1, 2018. The environmental protection tax law is the…

2017-01-03

Shanghai Public Security Bureau creates new website for overseas NGOs

The Administrative Office of Overseas NGOs of Shanghai’s Public Security Bureau has created a new website. Through the site, overseas NGOs will be able to find out more about the new requirements linked to the Overseas NGO Law, follow the…

2016-12-29

“China City Philanthropy Index 2014-2015” issued in Beijing

The China Charity Alliance recently released the “China City Philanthropy Index 2014-2015” in Beijing. The study shows that overall China’s urban philanthropy is flourishing, the amount of donations is steadily increasing, the number of volunteers is on the rise and…

2016-12-27

Ministry of Public Security creates online platform for Overseas NGOs in China

In view of the upcoming implementation of China’s Overseas NGO Law (scheduled to become effective in January), the Chinese Ministry of Public Security has created an online platform for Overseas NGOs in China. Through this platform, overseas NGOs will be…

2016-12-26

UNDP report: unleashing the potential of philanthropy in China

Editor’s Note: this article was originally featured in the September 2016 issue of Alliance Magazine China is home to some 500 billionaires with a collective net worth of some $830 billion. In spite of this, says a UNDP report,…

2016-12-23

Fears expressed that some international NGOs may leave China over inability to comply with the Overseas NGO Law

Citing a US media source, the Xinhua News agency group reported that some overseas NGOs are considering leaving China out of concern that they will be unable to comply with the requirements set out by China’s Overseas NGO Management…

2016-12-19

Tencent CEO leads China’s top 100 philanthropists list for 2016

Taiwanese professor says social organizations should not follow the market logic

Increasing numbers of Chinese millionaires devote themselves to charity

Ministry of Public Security official explains Overseas NGOs Management Law in Beijing

Public interest litigations system in need of revamping

China’s philanthropy sector embracing blockchain

UNDP launches new program to align Chinese philanthropy’s efforts with SDGs

Shanghai’s Adream tops transparency ranking of China’s philanthropic foundations

Wang Zhenyao: the philanthropic economy and the mission of China’s philanthropy

Five public interest litigation precedents published by the Supreme People’s Procuratorate

China’s first environmental protection tax law expected to take effect in 2018

Shanghai Public Security Bureau creates new website for overseas NGOs

“China City Philanthropy Index 2014-2015” issued in Beijing

Ministry of Public Security creates online platform for Overseas NGOs in China

UNDP report: unleashing the potential of philanthropy in China

Fears expressed that some international NGOs may leave China over inability to comply with the Overseas NGO Law

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