Reports

Inspiration from Expertise-based Grassroots Advocacy

CDB's Chief Researcher Liu Haiying gives some examples of successful advocacy campaigns pushed forward by groups of experts.

2014-12-09

Social organizations must be “de-administratized” in order to be able to play their part

Yang Tuan, believes that social organizations need support in order to develop further. Most importantly, the government needs to release its grasp on the sector, and let the public welfare govern itself so that donors, fundraisers, and actors of the public welfare system can regain their rightful place and reach their full potential.

2014-12-09

Tsinghua report: migrant worker collective action pushes for trade union reform

A new joint report from Tsinghua University and the China Youth Development Foundation suggests that without supporting the demands of migrant workers, the current situation of frequent strikes will become more serious.

2014-12-08

What the Narada Foundation Learned from Lushan

Liu Zhouhong, Secretary General of the Narada Foundation, tells CDB Editor Fu Tao about what Narada learnt from participating in the 2013 Lushan earthquake relief effort.

2014-12-06

The New Lei Fengs: From Sacrifice to Win-Win?

CDB's Tom Bannister introduces some of the themes that emerged from his research into Chinese NGO volunteerism, including the re-definition of volunteering and the impact of changed social values on volunteerism.

2014-12-05

How can social organisations participate in social governance?

This article focuses on a forum on social organisations’ participation in governance.

2014-12-04

Friends of the Disabled: A High-Tech Enterprise for People with Disabilities

In one of several CDB articles on the intersection of the civil society and business sectors, CDB Contributing Writer, Wang Hui, profiles one of China’s earliest and most successful social enterprises

2014-12-03

75% of city dwellers are ready to pay more for safe drinking water

On December 1st, Xylem Inc. (赛莱默公司) and the China Water Network E20 environmental platform (中国E20环境平台中国水网) co-published the "2014 China water quality index research report".

2014-12-03

Parents in Beijing, children in Hengshui: hukou issues make family reunions rare

This story is about the case of over a thousand students attending the Hengshui boarding school because they cannot sit the gaokao in Beijing for lack of appropriate hukou.

2014-12-02

PLHIV Xiao Jian: “To live like a normal person is enough”

Today (1st December 2014) is the 27th World AIDS Day. This article is about Xiao Jian (alias), a 36 year old PLHIV living in Shanghai who was first diagnosed in 2008.

2014-12-01

A Tale of two Chinas: AIDS then & now

Dr Bernhard Schwartländer, WHO Representative in China, talks about the progress China has made fighting AIDS over the past 15 years.

2014-12-01

Ma Zhengzhou: An AIDS Relief Practitioner on the Frontline

As part of her series on NGOs in Anhui, Guo Ting tells the bittersweet story of an AIDS relief practitioner’s ultimately successful efforts to set up a Chi Heng Foundation office in Anhui province, register it as a NGO and deliver financial assistance to HIV-infected families in the area.

2014-11-30

Controversy sparkles over a public interest organization doing business

This article talks about the controversy that has sparkled around the case of a Nanjing public interest organization, Aizhiyuan (爱之源).

2014-11-28

8 Foundations’ registrations repealed: stricter local governments control?

The Shenzhen Shihui Lingqian Gongcheng Charity Foundation (深圳市施惠零铅工程慈善基金会) had its registration repealed due to an apparently illegal misappropriation of 3.03 million Yuan.

2014-11-27

New anti-domestic violence legislation still conservative

On the 15th edition of the international day for the elimination of violence against women, the State Council issued the "People's Republic of China anti-domestic violence Law (draft)".

2014-11-26

Guangzhou’s environment protection bureau’s “beautiful misunderstanding”

This article analyzes the controversy on "information disclosure regulations" that has arised between an environmental activist and the Guangdong environmental protection bureau.

2014-11-25

The Rise and Fall of the Anti-Domestic Violence Network

Ex-ADVN program officer Dong Yige analyzes the history of the influential Anti-Domestic Violence Network and the reason for its closing down in May 2014.

2014-11-24

The NPC refuses to let local people congresses legislate on the right to strike

The legal working group of the Guangdong's People Congress Standing Committee asked the National People's Congress if the"Guangdong Province Firm Collective Contract Regulations"could include workers' "right to stop work" and received a negative answer.

2014-11-24

CDB Reports

Inspiration from Expertise-based Grassroots Advocacy

Social organizations must be “de-administratized” in order to be able to play their part

Tsinghua report: migrant worker collective action pushes for trade union reform

What the Narada Foundation Learned from Lushan

The New Lei Fengs: From Sacrifice to Win-Win?

How can social organisations participate in social governance?

75% of city dwellers are ready to pay more for safe drinking water

Parents in Beijing, children in Hengshui: hukou issues make family reunions rare

PLHIV Xiao Jian: “To live like a normal person is enough”

A Tale of two Chinas: AIDS then & now

Ma Zhengzhou: An AIDS Relief Practitioner on the Frontline

Controversy sparkles over a public interest organization doing business

8 Foundations’ registrations repealed: stricter local governments control?

New anti-domestic violence legislation still conservative

Guangzhou’s environment protection bureau’s “beautiful misunderstanding”

The Rise and Fall of the Anti-Domestic Violence Network

The NPC refuses to let local people congresses legislate on the right to strike

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