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Landmark gender employement discrimination case

On November 12th, the Hangzhou municipality Xicheng district People's court decided that the Oriental Cooking School was guilty of gender-based discrimination because it had a "hiring men only" policy.

2014-11-14

Why Shifang is Still In Pain

The author investigates persistent problems in Shifang, Sichuan, over two years after a proposed molybdenum and copper project led to protests

2014-11-13

The Hebei governor calls on 13 cities to uphold “APEC Blue”

The article describes the measures laid out in Hebei province to preserve the air quality during the APEC summit

2014-11-12

The storm created by Guangzhou’s “illegal organizations”

The authors analyze the controversy created by Guangzhou's new regulations on the management of social organizations and their impact on unregistered NGOs.

2014-11-11

APEC Blue

The author explains that to ensure good air quality for the APEC summit this month, the Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei air pollution cooperation group decided on emergency emission reduction measures which reach even Shandong province

2014-11-10

Guangzhou stipulates that NGOs will have to report foreign funding

Guangzhou has revised its "measures on the management of social organizations" after a stricter draft version triggered public concerns

2014-11-07

Guizhou refuses again to register an AIDS employment discrimination case

An HIV positive teacher's anti-discrimination case is refused by a Guizhou court.

2014-11-06

Ministry of Civil Affairs: charity does not lack enthusiasm, it lacks projects

Vice Minister of Civil Affairs Dou Yupei pointa out the contribution of charitable organizations as being important to delivering social assistance to those in need.

2014-11-04

“Working rules on banning illegal social organizations (draft)”: a discussion

NGOCN reports on an event which brought media, lawyers, NGOs, and government representatives together to discuss the "Working Rules on Banning Illegal Social Organizations (draft)" published by the Guangzhou city government at the end of last month.

2014-11-03

Understanding the Fourth Plenum: No rule of law without independent trials

Legal experts say that an independent trial system depends on the strength of the CCP’s efforts to enforce it.

2014-10-30

Does launching activities as an NGO without being registered with civil affairs make you an illegal social organization?

The draft legislation in Guangzhou city outlining new measures to punish “illegal” NGOs has stirred fears among intellectuals and the civil society sector.

2014-10-23

First AIDS employment discrimination case in Jiangsu: defendent receives 40,000 yuan compensation

On October 9th, the author has learned through public interest NGO Justice for all (Tianxiagong) that the case involving an HIV carrier, Chen Xin (pseudonym), being denied employment by a government body had come to a result.

2014-10-09

New Environmental Protection Targets for 365 lakes

The Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP), the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and the Ministry of Finance (MF) have announced a new plan to improve water quality in China’s lakes.

2014-10-08

Government purchasing of services could become a new disaster area for corruption

Nationwide public spending on services has experienced many problems due to financial management malpractice. These include the violation of existing laws, market monopolization, and deals conducted in secrecy.

2014-09-30

NGOCN’s Notes from the 3rd China Charity Fair

NGOCN reports several findings and highlights of the recently concluded Charity Fair, held in Shenzhen from the 19th to the 21st of September.

2014-09-28

Grassroots NGO’s projects plagiarized by foundations

From 2013 the public welfare industry has begun to resort to the law to settle intellectual property rights (IPR) disputes. The IPR dispute between the Helin community art promotion project in Shanghai and the Vanke public welfare foundation has attracted lots of attention in the civil society sphere.

2014-09-27

China’s Public Welfare Brain Drain

According to a new survey, many of China’s public welfare workers are choosing to leave the sector, causing a brain drain. Public welfare enterprises are seemingly unable to retain talent with up to 37.5% of those leaving public welfare jobs choosing to go into the private sector.

2014-09-22

China-Dolls issues response to open letter

The China-Dolls Center has issued a response to an open letter that criticized it over alleged unauthorized fund raising. In its response the Center pointed out that it has always carried out its operations in accordance to relevant guidelines

2014-09-18

Landmark gender employement discrimination case

Why Shifang is Still In Pain

The Hebei governor calls on 13 cities to uphold “APEC Blue”

The storm created by Guangzhou’s “illegal organizations”

APEC Blue

Guangzhou stipulates that NGOs will have to report foreign funding

Guizhou refuses again to register an AIDS employment discrimination case

Ministry of Civil Affairs: charity does not lack enthusiasm, it lacks projects

“Working rules on banning illegal social organizations (draft)”: a discussion

Understanding the Fourth Plenum: No rule of law without independent trials

Does launching activities as an NGO without being registered with civil affairs make you an illegal social organization?

First AIDS employment discrimination case in Jiangsu: defendent receives 40,000 yuan compensation

New Environmental Protection Targets for 365 lakes

Government purchasing of services could become a new disaster area for corruption

Grassroots NGO’s projects plagiarized by foundations

China’s Public Welfare Brain Drain

China-Dolls issues response to open letter

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