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Responsible China, maturing civil society

For its 18th anniversary, Southern Metropolis Daily compiled a list of articles related to the public interest sector in tribute to civil society workers

2015-01-09

Charitable organizations must disclose their funding situation once every three months

Guo Yuqiang, deputy director of the department in charge of public welfare and charitable foundations at the Ministry of Civil Affairs, stated that charitable organizations must disclose their funding situation once every three months.

2015-01-08

Two NGOs initiate first environment public interest lawsuit

On January 1st 2015, two NGOs received a notice from the Nanping city intermediate people's court stating it had accepted to file their lawsuit. This is the first occurence of a public interest lawsuit being filed since the new "Environment Protection Law" has been enforced.

2015-01-07

New regulations on government procurement of services implemented

On January 1st 2015, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the State Administration for Industry and Commerce jointly published the latest version of the "Provisional Measures on the Management of Government Procurement of Services".

2015-01-06

The 10 Public Welfare Keywords of 2014

This article highlights 10 keywords from China Philanthropy Times’ reporting on the public welfare industry in 2014.

2015-01-05

CASS: A growing share of CSO funding comes from Chinese sources

A report published by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) shows that a growing share of Chinese social organizations' funding is coming from Chinese sources and that Chinese foundations have replaced foreign foundations as the first funding supplier for the sector.

2014-12-30

Public interest workers: do aid-workers need to be aided?

This article is about the working conditions of public interest workers and the fact that more and more are leaving the sector for other jobs.

2014-12-29

Kang Xiaoguang: is social organizations’ future development hopeful?

In this interview, Kang Xiaoguang shares his thoughts on a series of issues concerning the development of Chinese social organizations

2014-12-26

Charity law bill to be passed next year: experts discuss its strength and weaknesses

The teams who authored five Charity law drafts met in Beijing to share their thoughts on the future of this legislation. According to the head of the Peking University Center for NPOs law, Jin Jinping, since the NPC has already called for opinions on the Charity law bill, it may be possible that the actual law will be published next year.

2014-12-25

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

Responsible China, maturing civil society

Charitable organizations must disclose their funding situation once every three months

Two NGOs initiate first environment public interest lawsuit

New regulations on government procurement of services implemented

The 10 Public Welfare Keywords of 2014

CASS: A growing share of CSO funding comes from Chinese sources

Public interest workers: do aid-workers need to be aided?

Kang Xiaoguang: is social organizations’ future development hopeful?

Charity law bill to be passed next year: experts discuss its strength and weaknesses

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”?

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