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Weekly News – November 16th to November 22nd, 2013

Su Wei: Chinese NGOs must explore new ways to respond to climate change 苏伟:中国将为NGO参与应对气候变化开拓更多途径 By Zhou Rei 周锐 and Yu Lan 俞岚, China News Network 中国新闻网, November 16, 2013. www.chinanews.com/gn/2013/11-16/5510849.shtml Su Wei, the deputy head of the Chinese delegation at…

Philanthropy Times – The historical growth of Chinese private foundations

The ‘Foundation Supervision Regulations’ were issued in June of 2004, opening the door to the non-governmental funding and establishment of private foundations. In November of that same year, the fourth Plenum of the 16th Central Committee put forward their “social construction” concept.

Weekly News – November 9th to November 15th, 2013

NGOs grade their funders, only 1.5% of foundations have previously funded grassroots organisations NGO首次给资助方打分 仅1.5%基金会资助过草根组织 By Wang Hui王辉, Beijing Times 京华时报, November 11, 2013 http://gongyi.qq.com/a/20131111/007069.htm Taking inspiration from Taobao’s buyer-seller ratings, the “China Foundation Evaluation List” conference announced the publication…

Weekly News – October 26th to November 8th, 2013

Beijing’s first case of a public welfare foundation changing from “ private to public” 北京现首例公益基金会“私转公” By Lan Fang 蓝方, Caixin 财新网. October 31, 2013 http://china.caixin.com/2013-10-31/100597604.html The Beijing New Sunshine Charity Foundation, which started out as a grassroots NGO, has become…

Weekly News – October 19th to October 25th, 2013

Is public welfare and society keeping in step with each other? 公益和社会的步伐不一致吗 By Yao Yao 姚遥, Jing Bao 晶报October 21, 2013 http://jb.sznews.com/html/2013-10/21/content_2656487.htm The One Foundation’s Yao Yao discusses whether Chinese social values and objectives are in-line with the aspirations of…

ngocn.net – Impressions of the second charity exhibition

Government and business valued over grassroots: Impressions of the second charity exhibition 官商为贵、民为轻——第二届慈展会印象 ngocn.net, September 27, 2013 With the wind and rain of Typoon Usagi swirling outside, the third and final day of the 2nd China Charity Project Exchange Exhibition…