Reports

“Civil Society” or “People’s Society”: Where’s the Party?

Patricia Thornton, uses the case of Shanghai to examine an important trend that has received little attention: the increasingly proactive role of the Party and Party-organized NGOs (PONGOs) in managing and guiding the development of the NGO sector.

2013-08-27

Yunnan Info Times – Government service procurement is NGOs greatest concern

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2013-08-22

A Chinese NGO with International Characteristics: The Morning Tears Advocacy Model

China’s internationalization has led to the emergence of NGOs that no longer fit neatly into the Chinese NGO or international NGO category but rather constitute a hybrid. Fiorinda Di Fabio looks at one such hybrid and its blueprint for conducting effective advocacy on child protection and welfare in China.

2013-08-08

Closing Meeting of the Project on Capacity Building Training for Chinese Labor NGOs’ United Rights Protection Campaign

August 1, 2013 China Development Brief Worker Representatives of the Participants Mr. Wei Wei is making a summary statement. In the afternoon of July 29, 2013, Little Bird Mutual-Aid Hotline for Migrant Workers held the closing meeting of…

2013-08-05

International NGOs Should Increase, Not Reduce, Their Support for Chinese Civil Society Organizations

In response to cutbacks in international funding assistance to China, Yu Fangqiang, executive director of the Nanjing-based civil rights NGO, Justice For All, says that, now more than ever, Chinese NGOs need more funding and support from the international community.

2013-08-01

Economic Information Daily – The "black box" of social service procurement

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2013-07-31

Southern Metropolis Daily – The Difficulties of NGOs

Recently, an influential think tank and NGO called Beijing Transition Research Institute (北京传知行社会经济研究所) was shut down by the Ministry of Civil Affairs, bringing issues related to NGO registration and management back into the spotlight.

2013-07-30

Southern Daily – Social organizations unable to accept Foshan’s RMB 2.4 million for service procurement

With the municipal government of Foshan, Guangdong ready to disperse RMB 2.4 million to social organizations in service procurement, the government is finding that social organizations are unable to accept this significant amount of funding.

2013-07-30

Beijing Times – Yunnan govt will withdraw from charity fundraising; civil servants may not work at NGOs

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2013-07-22

View from the Media: Controversy over the Environmental Public Interest Lawsuit

Environmental NGOs and scholars are upset over a possible revision to the Environmental Protection Law that would permit only one GONGO (government-organized NGO) to file environmental public interest lawsuits, preventing NGOs from serving as primary plaintiffs.

2013-07-16

Carrying Out Public Advocacy Through Performance Art

Wang Man looks at how performance art can be an effective means of carrying out public interest advocacy in China, using two recent cases advocating on behalf of gender equality.

2013-07-16

Chinese Overseas Investment in Cambodia: Conflicts and Solutions

Cao Ke and Wang Xiaojuan of the Heinrich Boll Foundation’s China office report on the environmental and social conflicts stemming from Chinese overseas investment and provide recommendations on how those conflicts can be ameliorated.

2013-07-16

Weekly Civil Society News, July 6 – July 12

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2013-07-15

Xinhua – Wang Zhenyao: What should a "charity supervision organization" do?

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2013-07-11

Southern Metropolis Daily – NGOs should reflect the lesson of poverty alleviation co-ops

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2013-07-09

Weekly Civil Society News, June 25 – July 5

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2013-07-08

Restrictions on public interest lawsuit viewed as inappropriate

Many have responded negatively to the recent draft of a revision to the Environmental Protection Law that sites the All-China Environment Federation as the sole agent of the new public interest lawsuit provision.

2013-07-08

Social Resource Institute – Political and legal social orgs will not benefit from reforms

While social organization policy reform will ease the registration process for some types of NGOs, political and legal NGOs will continue to face difficulty in registering.

2013-07-03

CDB Reports

“Civil Society” or “People’s Society”: Where’s the Party?

Yunnan Info Times – Government service procurement is NGOs greatest concern

A Chinese NGO with International Characteristics: The Morning Tears Advocacy Model

Closing Meeting of the Project on Capacity Building Training for Chinese Labor NGOs’ United Rights Protection Campaign

International NGOs Should Increase, Not Reduce, Their Support for Chinese Civil Society Organizations

Economic Information Daily – The "black box" of social service procurement

Southern Metropolis Daily – The Difficulties of NGOs

Southern Daily – Social organizations unable to accept Foshan’s RMB 2.4 million for service procurement

Beijing Times – Yunnan govt will withdraw from charity fundraising; civil servants may not work at NGOs

View from the Media: Controversy over the Environmental Public Interest Lawsuit

Carrying Out Public Advocacy Through Performance Art

Weekly Civil Society News, July 6 – July 12

Xinhua – Wang Zhenyao: What should a "charity supervision organization" do?

Southern Metropolis Daily – NGOs should reflect the lesson of poverty alleviation co-ops

Weekly Civil Society News, June 25 – July 5

Restrictions on public interest lawsuit viewed as inappropriate

Social Resource Institute – Political and legal social orgs will not benefit from reforms

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