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Weekly News – March 1st to 7th, 2014

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…

Weekly News – February 15th to 28th, 2014

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…

Weekly News – February 8th to 14th, 2014

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…

Weekly News – February 1st – 7th, 2014

Chongqing has more than 12,000 social organizations and social workers have helped in excess of 1.2 million people 重庆市有社会组织1.2万余家 社工服务惠及人群超120万 By Zhang Chang 张畅, Hualong Network 华龙网 , February 3, 2014 http://caijing.chinadaily.com.cn/xfly/2014-02-03/content_11149334.html New figures released by the Chongqing Municipal Bureau…

Weekly News – January 20th to 31st, 2014

Nippon Paint China’s ‘Color, Way of Love’ sweeps China charity festival awards Global Times 环球时报, January 20, 2014 http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/838445.shtml#.Uu9RUXeSzWk The third China Charity Festival, with the tagline “Engage in charity work to beautify your life”, was recently held in Beijing…

Weekly News – January 13th to January 19th, 2014

Number of NGOs doubles as government support gets fine-tuned NGO数量翻番 政府支持方式当微调 Southern Metropolis Daily 南方都市报, January 14, 2014 http://epaper.oeeee.com/K/html/2014-01/14/content_2008445.htm Details the increase of NGOs in Guandong, calling it a “golden period” and citing government decentralization and registration relaxation as the…

Weekly News – January 4th to January 12th, 2014

The hard-pressed daily existence of NGOs, less than 30% are able to survive for two years 民间公益组织生存日益窘迫 不足30%能生存超2年 By Han Junjie 韩俊杰, China Youth Daily 中国青年报, January 06, 2014 http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2014-01/06/c_125959170.htm Article about the short-life span of grassroots NGOs in China,…

Weekly News – December 28th, 2013 to January 3rd, 2014

19 Environmental organizations recommend that the NDRC demarcate a ‘red line’ in the development of river ecologies 19家环保组织建议发改委划定河流开发生态红线 Beijing Times 京华时报, December 30, 2013 http://finance.21cn.com/newsdoc/zx/a/2013/1230/10/25782752.shtml A report has been released by 19 environmental NGOs that proposes limits for the state…

Weekly News – December 21st to December 27th, 2013

Funding notes of SEE Foundation fund administrator: Project proposals SEE基金会资助官员的资助笔记:项目书 By Tu Shiwen 涂释文, Green Youther 青年环境评论, December 23, 2013 http://www.ngocn.net/?action-viewnews-itemid-88966 A SEE Foundation employee talks about their experience dealing with project proposals, noting the importance of revising and refining…

Weekly News – December 14th to December 20th, 2013

Survey: the salaries of the staff of public welfare organizations are lower than the social average 调查显示:公益组织人员薪资低于社会平均水平 By Wang Hui 王辉, The Beijing Times 京华时报, December 16, 2013 http://epaper.jinghua.cn/html/2013-12/16/content_48782.htm A recent survey of 54 public welfare organizations in Beijing, Guangzhou,…

Weekly News – December 7th to December 13th, 2013

The third method of solving a medical dispute – an example of an NGO mediating 医患纠纷第三种解法, 一个NGO组织的调解样本 Shandong Evening News 齐鲁晚报, December 09, 2013 http://epaper.qlwb.com.cn/qlwb/content/20131209/ArticelB03002FM.htm?jdfwkey=c0dcf2 Normally in China disputes over medical treatment are dealt with internally in a hospital or…

Weekly News – November 30th – December 6th, 2013

Could it be that homosexuals cannot take part in public welfare work? 同性恋难道不能做公益吗? By A Qiang, China Development Brief 中国发展简报, December 02, 2013 http://www.chinadevelopmentbrief.org.cn/newsview.php?id=8303 The Executive Director of LGBT group PFLAG China writes about the hurdles that the Ministry of…

Who has the right to launch a public interest lawsuit?

At the end of October, China’s ‘Environmental Protection Law’ was again discussed in the NPC Standing Committee's third investigation. The discussion touched upon the requirements for public interest lawsuits, and meant that once again society focused on the issues surrounding legal action.