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Foreign NGO activity has to be standardized through legislation

In order to standardize international NGO activity in China, the State Council has submitted a draft legislation concerning "the Management of Foreign NGOs". Yang Huanning, vice-minister of Public Security has explained the bill to the 12th meeting of the 12th National People's Congress Stanading Committee.

2014-12-24

As a social organization, how do you make the government buy your services?

The goal of this article is to provide social organizations with tips on how to obtain funding from the government.

2014-12-23

State Council releases opinion on the development of the third sector

The State Council Recently published the “Leading Opinion Concerning the Healthy Development of the Charitable Sector”. The author looks at the implications of this document, the first such legislation launched by the Chinese central government.

2014-12-22

Need for faster implementation of prevention plan against heavy metal pollution

The 12th five year Plan against heavy metal pollution has been implemented for four years and has been overall efficient but is still facing "problems not to be ignored" according to the Ministry of the Environment.

2014-12-19

Tsinghua and PKU jointly publish recommendations for the Charity Law

Tsinghua University and Peking University jointly published expert recommendations for the «Charity Law». This report touches upon all the important matters concerning charity in China, such as donations, property management, trust funds, charitable services, branches of foreign organizations in China...

2014-12-16

ConocoPhillips damage claim case: first court hearing concluded

Zhang Fuqiu, lawyer of the 21 plaintiffs in the ConocoPhillips case, released an interview to Caixin, explaining the circumstances of the Bohai Bay incident, and its consequences for the local environment and communities.

2014-12-12

What’s the relationship between migrant children and “left-behind children”?

This article explores the relationship between two phenomena in China, the children of migrants who have moved with their parents from rural areas to cities to find work (liudong ertong) and ‘left-behind children’ whose parents have moved to cities for work but have left them in rural areas (liushou ertong).

2014-12-11

Paper-cutting love: Peng Maolin and her big family of hemophilia patients

This article is about, Peng Maolin, mother of a hemophiliac son and founder of Chongqing's first support program for hemophiliacs, the "Hemophilia Association of Chongqing" created in 2006.

2014-12-10

Social organizations must be “de-administratized” in order to be able to play their part

Yang Tuan, believes that social organizations need support in order to develop further. Most importantly, the government needs to release its grasp on the sector, and let the public welfare govern itself so that donors, fundraisers, and actors of the public welfare system can regain their rightful place and reach their full potential.

2014-12-09

Tsinghua report: migrant worker collective action pushes for trade union reform

A new joint report from Tsinghua University and the China Youth Development Foundation suggests that without supporting the demands of migrant workers, the current situation of frequent strikes will become more serious.

2014-12-08

How can social organisations participate in social governance?

This article focuses on a forum on social organisations’ participation in governance.

2014-12-04

75% of city dwellers are ready to pay more for safe drinking water

On December 1st, Xylem Inc. (赛莱默公司) and the China Water Network E20 environmental platform (中国E20环境平台中国水网) co-published the "2014 China water quality index research report".

2014-12-03

Parents in Beijing, children in Hengshui: hukou issues make family reunions rare

This story is about the case of over a thousand students attending the Hengshui boarding school because they cannot sit the gaokao in Beijing for lack of appropriate hukou.

2014-12-02

PLHIV Xiao Jian: “To live like a normal person is enough”

Today (1st December 2014) is the 27th World AIDS Day. This article is about Xiao Jian (alias), a 36 year old PLHIV living in Shanghai who was first diagnosed in 2008.

2014-12-01

A Tale of two Chinas: AIDS then & now

Dr Bernhard Schwartländer, WHO Representative in China, talks about the progress China has made fighting AIDS over the past 15 years.

2014-12-01

Controversy sparkles over a public interest organization doing business

This article talks about the controversy that has sparkled around the case of a Nanjing public interest organization, Aizhiyuan (爱之源).

2014-11-28

Foreign NGO activity has to be standardized through legislation

As a social organization, how do you make the government buy your services?

State Council releases opinion on the development of the third sector

Need for faster implementation of prevention plan against heavy metal pollution

Tsinghua and PKU jointly publish recommendations for the Charity Law

ConocoPhillips damage claim case: first court hearing concluded

What’s the relationship between migrant children and “left-behind children”?

Paper-cutting love: Peng Maolin and her big family of hemophilia patients

Social organizations must be “de-administratized” in order to be able to play their part

Tsinghua report: migrant worker collective action pushes for trade union reform

How can social organisations participate in social governance?

75% of city dwellers are ready to pay more for safe drinking water

Parents in Beijing, children in Hengshui: hukou issues make family reunions rare

PLHIV Xiao Jian: “To live like a normal person is enough”

A Tale of two Chinas: AIDS then & now

Controversy sparkles over a public interest organization doing business

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