CDB Reports

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CDB Reports include: Current Issues, Analyses, and Features.

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.

Weekly News – November 23rd to 29th, 2013

Look forward to the ‘wealthy generation’ becoming the ‘benevolent generation’ 期待“富一代”成“善一代” http://hunan.ifeng.com/gongyi/gyzx/detail_2013_11/25/1504776_0.shtml Changsha Evening News 长沙晚报, November 25, 2013 The article discusses how generational attitudes towards charity and philanthropy are effected by affluence, predicting a brighter future for the generations…

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…