Reports

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…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…