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The Chinese government has announced a new initiative to boost employment opportunities in the non-profit sector. The Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security are jointly launching a 100-day online campaign for NGOs to…

The Ministry of Civil Affairs recently issued the 2023 Ministry of Civil Affairs Standard Formulation Plan, which plans to carry out the preparation of 32 civil affairs related industry standards and apply to the Standardization Administration of China for 15…

The Chinese government is expanding its crackdown on illegal social organizations, or NGOs in the Western context. The Ministry of Civil Affairs is leading a six-month nationwide campaign launched in June together with 10 other departments. Authorities say illegal organizations…

A new law on ecological conservation on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau just came into effect on Sept 1. The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is “the roof of the world, the water tower of Asia, the third pole of the earth, and an important…

A conference on “Biodiversity Data Integration, Publication and Application Practice” was held online on Aug 22. The event was co-organized by Beijing Biodiversity Science Research Association and the Special Project on Literature and Information Capacity Building of the National Science…

Since Tencent first launched China’s first internet charity day, 99 Giving Day, millions of internet users have been persuaded to part with their cash for charitable causes. But what’s in store for people taking part in this year’s 99 Giving…

Last August, Yuanzhong Family and Community Development Service Center, a Beijing-based NGO looking to provide legal services and address the diverse needs of victims of gender-based violence, launched China’s first domestic violence assistance WeChat applet (WeChat Mini Program). The organization…

The Department of Civil Affairs and the Administration for Market Regulation of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region recently issued the Implementation Opinions on Comprehensively Promoting Guangxi Civil Affairs Standardization in the New Era to further strengthen the standardization of civil affairs…

As part of the Blue Book of Low-Carbon Development in China series, the Annual Report on Carbon Neutrality in China was recently published by China Eco Development Association and China Carbon Neutral Development Group Limited. This report examines the latest…

Ten departments including the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Education, and the Ministry of Civil Affairs recently issued the “National Basic Public Service Standards (2023 Edition)” as well as a notice requesting local governments to improve personnel,…

Affected by Typhoon Dusuri, extreme rainfall in some of China’s northern Provinces and other places led to floods and geological disasters in these areas, causing heavy losses in Beijing, Hebei and other Provinces. The disasters have affected many sectors of…

The Ministry of Education recently issued an official Guidance Manual on the promotion of sex and reproductive health education in primary and secondary schools. The manual was released during the work meeting of the National Primary and Secondary School Health…

On July 28, G20 environment and climate ministerial meeting was held in Chennai, India. The conference delved into global environmental issues such as climate change, blue economy, resource efficiency and circular economy, land and biodiversity, and water resources management. Vice…

Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau recently announced the crackdown on the city’s first criminal case concerning a key pollutant discharge company tampering with automatic monitoring data to pollute the environment. Eight people from the company including the company’s supervisor, surnamed…

By the end of 2022, 892,000 social organizations registered nationwide employed a total of 11 million full-time staff, with an average of about 12 full-time staff for each organization, according to the Social Organization Administration Bureau of the Ministry of…

Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB) and Alibaba Philanthropy have jointly developed a charity study program related to rural revitalization. The program, called “Hot Land”, was officially launched at a ceremony in Beijing on July 27. The program aims…

In order to help improve the communication abilities of Chinese social organizations (an umbrella term that includes NGOs) on the “dual carbon” goal and other climate projects and to produce more stories on their participation in “dual carbon” related action,…

By the end of 2022, the number of community social organizations in China exceeded 1.75 million, of which about 10 percent met the requirements for registration as social organizations and were registered with, for example, county-level civil affairs departments. However,…