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NGOs likely to be impacted by renewed focus on standards

The Standardization Administration of China recently released the 2023 Guideline on National Standard Establishment intending to strengthen the country’s standardization system and provide better support for economic and social development.   The guidelines set two categories of standards — compulsory and…
2023-03-06

Social media app Douyin helped find 20,000 missing people

An event was held in Beijing recently to celebrate the achievement of a charity project launched by Douyin, a Chinese domestic version of Tik Tok, to help locate missing people. In the past seven years, the project has posted 170,000…
2023-03-02

What do local government work reports say about NGO work?

The 2023 government work reports of all provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under China’s central government have been released, many of which involve key points regarding charity, NGO work, and voluntary services. Below are some of the relevant highlights.…
2023-03-01

Chinese NGOs turn out for queer cinema event

On Feb 27, the 15th edition of Love Queer Cinema Week came to an end at the Beijing Institut Francais. The event began on Feb 16, with a screening of 74 independent films from 25 countries around the world. During…
2023-02-28

Volunteers clock up over 5000 hours serving local community

Chunyu Volunteer Group is an organization based in Chaoyang District, Beijing. It has been serving the local community since its establishment in 2009. Eighteen years on, the group still holds on to its original aspiration of prioritizing residents’ needs and…
2023-02-28

Certified NGO workers increase tenfold in Xiamen

In recent years, the local government in Xiamen, Fujian Province, has been working to facilitate the growth of NGOs and strengthen the supervision and evaluation of NGO operations, while strongly stimulating grassroots governance and enhancing NGO services.   Policy support   In…
2023-02-23

Guangdong: a decade of NGO development

In the past 10 years, the Guangdong government has placed significant importance on the development of NGOs, promoting them to play a bigger role in facilitating economic development, social governance, and international cooperation. At present, there are 71,614 NGOs in…
2023-02-22

Document outlines role of youth rights protection centers

The Ministry of Education, Ministry of Civil Affairs and 13 other government departments issued a document titled the “Management of Establishing Adolescent Right Protection Centers Nationwide”.   The document is designed to complement the “Management Adolescent Right Protection Center Activity” from…
2023-02-21

Chinese NGO rescue teams fight against the clock in Turkey

There are more than five different Chinese NGO rescue teams fighting against the clock to find survivors in quake-hit Turkey. The death toll across Turkey and Syria has surpassed 37,700 since the earthquake struck. Since then, more than 9,300 foreign…
2023-02-20

Becoming an entrepreneur: one new mom makes the leap

This article is part of a series on moms across China collected by the GlobalMoms Initiative.   Many different answers might be given if you asked someone when is the best time to start a new business. However, very few…
2023-02-20

Official document aims to support women in distress

The Supreme People’s Procuratorate and the All-China Women’s Federation recently issued a notice on continuing the “Legal Support for Women in Distress” campaign in 2023.    The goal is to enrich the formats of legal support and increase efforts to alleviate…
2023-02-16

How much has NGOs’ fundraising capacity improved?

The past three years have seen heightened levels of uncertainty around the world. However, Chinese NGOs have continued to improve in a number of ways. What changes have NGOs experienced concerning fundraising capacity — and what new opportunities and challenges…
2023-02-15

Report reveals problems faced by children of migrant workers

The healthy development of a child heavily depends on the nurturing and care of their parents. And good childcare usually requires that a child lives with their parents.   Living with parents is hard to achieve for many Chinese migrant children.…
2023-02-14

Chinese nursing homes hit by Covid surge

Nursing homes have been under the most severe Covid restrictions during the past three years, given that the elderly are among the most susceptible groups. However, with the Chinese government’s new Covid policies and the recent surge of cases, many…
2023-02-14

Communities asked to offer families education guidance

The Ministry of Education, Ministry of Civil Affairs and 14 other departments jointly issued the Opinions on Improving the School-Family-Society Collaborative Education Mechanism on Jan 13.   The collaborative education mechanism requires clear distribution of responsibilities between schools, parents, and society,…
2023-02-14

China’s amended Wildlife Protection Law: a summary

On Dec 30, 2022, the Standing Committee of the 13th National People’s Congress voted to adopt the revised Wildlife Protection Law which will come into effect on May 1, 2023.   According to the law, wild animals under protection include those…
2023-02-13

Foreign NGOs in 2022: the facts

As of Dec 31, 2022, 678 representative offices of foreign NGOs have been officially registered in China. Among them, the majority (155) are headquartered in the United States, followed by Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, and the UK. The top…
2023-02-13

Pandemic saw big drop in charitable giving

Three years of COVID-19 restrictions have put a strain on philanthropic giving. China Development Brief, along with a few other NGOs, conducted a survey titled “Difficulties and Needs of NGOs during The Late Stage of COVID-19” in 2021.    The results…
2023-02-08
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