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Casting the spotlight on China’s hukou system’s chaos

Although close to 70% of social benefits have been decoupled from the hukou, most basic benefits such as education, healthcare and the pension system are still tied in to the hukou system.

2014-08-18

What is the origin of State emergency disaster relief funds?

The article finds out that of the 20 million RMB contributed by the Yunnan province finance department for the Yudian earthquake on August 4, 2014, 16 million RMB were directed towards energy relief operations, disaster relief payments to families of the deceased and medical assistance to those injured, while 4 million RMB were set aside for overhead expenses.

2014-08-15

Mother of hukou-less child sues Foshan for linking family planning certificate to eligibility for hukou

A mother of a hukou-less child is suing her local public security bureau for refusing her second child's hukou application.

2014-08-14

Man subjected to electroshock therapy to “cure” his homosexuality : the struggle to be oneself

A Chinese court has recently heard a landmark case on gay conversion therapy. Xiao Zhen (pseudonym), is currently suing a psychological clinic for around 10,000 RMB for subjecting him to electroshock therapy in order to "cure" his homosexuality.

2014-08-13

College tuition fees set to rise for the first time in 14 years

Annual tuition fees in many provinces are set to rise from 3000 to 4000 RMB and above, with the highest recorded being Zhejiang's Engineering and Medicine undergraduate fees, which are set to rise from 3600 to 6670 RMB, an increase of 85.28%, and will affect new students matriculating after 2013.

2014-08-12

Huang Xiaoming’s charitable involvement

Huang Xiaoming (黄晓明) and the Chinese Social Assistance Foundation recently announced three core projects Huang Xiaoming’s charity fund will focus on in the remainder of 2014.

2014-08-11

The public service organizations’ pension system reform will be implented nationwide within three years

Sources indicate that the public service organizations' pension system reform will be directly implemented nationwide instead of going through the usual process of being implemented through a regional pilot project first

2014-08-08

Labour groups call for workplace safety supervisory role to be given to workers

Labour rights activists have written a joint open letter calling for workers to be given the authority to supervise workplace safety measures themselves. This call comes following the Kunshan factory explosion incident, which resulted in 71 dead and 186 injured.

2014-08-06

Household registration reform retains planned economy ideologies

The authors of this article believe that the content of the State Council's “Suggestions for advancing reform of the household registration system” retain a strong ideological lean towards that of a planned economy.

2014-08-05

How agencies which serve severely sick children work together

Most Chinese charitable organizations, especially those serving the sick and diseased, operate independently and lack effective information communication. Because of this lack of coordination, resources are allocated to different relief efforts very unevenly.

2014-08-04

Criminal detention of land petitioners in Sihong pesticide suicide protest stirs up controversy

The case of 7 land petitioners who drank pesticide outside the China Youth Daily office in Beijing on July 16 in an effort to draw attention to their grievances is once again making the news.

2014-07-31

Why do these public interest organizations vanish?

In this article, The Xinjiang Youth Promotion Association vice-secretary general explains that they have registered around 150 organizations but that more than 20 of them, who had lifespans between 3 and 5 years have been unreachable for some time.

2014-07-30

Chinese companies counterfeit environmental protection data

In order to receive subsidies for high standards of environmental protective measures, Chinese companies have been falsifying their data.

2014-07-28

World AIDS conference Chinese award winner’s survey discovers Kunming young women are threatened

Zhang Xudong’s study on the reproductive health of young sex workers in Kunming received the “Women, Girls and HIV Investigator” prize. This is the first time a Chinese researcher has received this award.

2014-07-25

Ministry of education “six red lines” should become “teachers’ moral bottom line”

The Ministry of education has recently issued new regulations, known as the “six red lines” (六条红线), which strictly prohibit teachers from activities such as accepting gifts, money etc. These regulations have been issued in order to combat the growing moral degradation in many Chinese schools today.

2014-07-22

Public interest is risky, those entering the sector need to be prudent

In a blog post, Feng Yongfeng, reporter for Guangming Daily and founder of Nature University, writes about the risks, challenges, and difficulties of the current and future condition of the philanthropic sector in China.

2014-07-18

After 10 years of twists and turns, Chinese charity legislation to be considered next year

The National People’s Congress Domestic Legal Committee (全国人民代表大会内务司法委员会）has taken the lead in the drafting of the Charity Law and is expected to submit it for consideration in 2015.

2014-07-17

Casting the spotlight on China’s hukou system’s chaos

What is the origin of State emergency disaster relief funds?

Mother of hukou-less child sues Foshan for linking family planning certificate to eligibility for hukou

Man subjected to electroshock therapy to “cure” his homosexuality : the struggle to be oneself

College tuition fees set to rise for the first time in 14 years

Huang Xiaoming’s charitable involvement

The public service organizations’ pension system reform will be implented nationwide within three years

Labour groups call for workplace safety supervisory role to be given to workers

Household registration reform retains planned economy ideologies

How agencies which serve severely sick children work together

Criminal detention of land petitioners in Sihong pesticide suicide protest stirs up controversy

Why do these public interest organizations vanish?

World AIDS conference Chinese award winner’s survey discovers Kunming young women are threatened

Ministry of education “six red lines” should become “teachers’ moral bottom line”

Public interest is risky, those entering the sector need to be prudent

After 10 years of twists and turns, Chinese charity legislation to be considered next year

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