News

Public welfare organization petitions Veolia to make water quality information public 公益机构向威立雅申请水质信息公开 By Wang Jing 王婧, Caixin News 财新网, May 9, 2014 http://china.caixin.com/2014-05-07/100674366.html Citing municipal water quality standards (GB 5749-2006), the Nanjing-based NGO “Justice for All” has applied to Veolia,…

How to transform old NGOs 老牌NGO如何转型 By Chen Jiajun 陈嘉俊, Philanthropy Times 公益时报, April 29, 2014 http://www.cdb.org.cn/newsview.php?id=9003 Chen Jiajun explains that the reason why old NGOs are not able to innovate nowadays is due to their high dependency on their…

Heart to Heart Community Care: integrating social service and policy advocacy 云南连心：一线服务与政策倡导的有机结合 By Zhang Junwei 张峻玮 , Social Resources Institute 社会资源研究所, April 14, 2014 http://www.chinadevelopmentbrief.org.cn/newsview.php?id=8895 This article looks at the operations and results achieved by the Kunming organization Heart to…

Zhoushan village: a grassroots organization shows improvements in women’s empowerment 周山村：草根组织展现变革“她力量” By Dong Lin 董琳, China Women’s News 中国妇女报 , April 8, 2014 http://www.china-woman.com/rp/main?fid=open&fun=show_news&nid=105372 An article about women in a rural Henan village who established a grassroots organization for promoting…

NGOs should not seek ‘one-night stands’ NGO莫贪图“一夜情” By Chen Jiajun 陈嘉俊, Philanthropy Times 公益时报, April 3, 2014 Partnerships between NGOs and private enterprises can sometimes become win-win relationships. However, choosing a partner needs serious consideration. In this article Chen Jiajun,…

Do we really need corporate foundations? 真的需要企业基金会吗? By He Zhiquan 何智权 and Zou Li 邹力, The Enterprise Observer 企业观察报, March 22, 2014 http://home.ngocn.net/space-120507-do-blog-id-28509.html In this article, the authors consider from different perspectives the real meaning of establishing corporate foundations, underlining…

How to enroll grassroots organizations as “regular troops”? 草根组织如何注册成为“正规军”？ Sanxiang City Newspaper 三湘都市报, March 9, 2014 http://news.ifeng.com/gundong/detail_2014_03/09/34576401_0.shtml Article on the philosophy behind the development of ‘Happy Charity’, a grassroots organization whose teams of volunteers assist people in need while learning…

Liu Wenkui: Co-operation between foundations and grassroots organizations 刘文奎：基金会与基层草根组织合作 China Philanthropy Advisors 公域合力, March 7, 2014 In this article, the vice-president of the China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation, Liu Wenkui, shares his opinions about the importance of effective co-operation between…

Beijing’s Chaoyang district pilots the first charitable community 北京市朝阳区试点创建全国首个慈善社区 Li Wenrui 李文蕊, China National Radio 中国广播网, March 3, 2014 http://www.chinadevelopmentbrief.org.cn/newsview.php?id=8720 Article on the development of a ‘pioneering’ community project in Beijing’s Chaoyang district, which has received funding to establish a…

Deng Fei: NGOs can help to transform the urban plunder of the countryside 邓飞：用公益改变城市对乡村的掠夺 Zhang Wuming 张五明, Tenxun Gongyi 慈讯网, February 18, 2014 http://gy.voc.com.cn/view.php?tid=170&cid=1 In this interview Deng Fei explains how the NGO sector can help in narrowing the rural-urban…

Wenzhou social innovation Spring Festival reunion convenes, large-scale innovation program discussed 温州人社会创新春节团圆会召开 共商创新大计 By Wang Lili 王莉莉, Wenzhou Daily 温州日报，February 10th, 2014 http://news.66wz.com/system/2014/02/10/103989815.shtml Local public welfare experts from Wenzhou NGOs, social enterprises, government and academia have held a conference to…