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Government departments set standards for social governance

Sixteen government departments jointly issued a notice regarding the action plan (the notice) for the implementation of the National Standardization Development Outline on July 12, which was initiated by the State Council last October. The notice clarifies 33 specific tasks…
2022-07-15

New project aims to help protect children’s rights

Funded by Beijing ByteDance Public Welfare Foundation and implemented by Beijing Children’s Legal Aid and Research Center, China’s capital launched the first part of the “National Demonstrative Minor Protection Social Organization Cultivation Project”. The initiative aims to provide legal services…
2022-07-15

Data released on public interest litigation

The Supreme People’s Procuratorate recently released data to summarize the implementation of the public interest litigation system over the past five years. This system was officially established on July 1, 2017, following the revision of the Civil Procedure Law and…
2022-07-14

The TNFD’s role in the global shift towards ESG

The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) is the world’s latest effort to tackle the rapid loss of natural ecosystems. It aims to put nature at the center of business conduct and financial decision-making considerations. TNFD, initiated by some of…
2022-07-14

Government sets out plan to cut coal usage

Seven departments including the Ministry of Ecology and Environment and the National Development and Reform Commission jointly issued the Implementation Plan for Synergistic Efficiency of Pollution Reduction and Carbon Reduction (the Plan) on June 10. The Plan emphasizes the importance…
2022-07-11

Beijing government wants over 300 social enterprises by 2025

The Capital Municipal Social Construction Leading Group recently reviewed and approved the Opinions on Promoting the Development of Social Enterprises (the Opinions), according to which, more than 300 social enterprises will be identified by the end of the 14th Five-Year…
2022-07-08

Number of volunteers reaches 217 million, report finds

The National Institute of Social Development of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and the Social Science Academic Press recently released the inaugural issue of the “Volunteer Service Blue Book” — China Volunteer Service Development Report (2021-2022). Here are a…
2022-07-08

Chinese donors send water generators to 5 Ethiopian schools

Over 2,000 Ethiopian elementary school students will soon get access to clean water thanks to five newly donated atmospheric water generators. The generators were donated last month by the China-Africa Leadership Development Institute of Tsinghua University (CALDI-THU), HurRain NanoTech, and…
2022-07-07

Digital technologies have potential to transform charities

China’s government is comprehensively promoting digital transformation, accelerating the formation of a data-intensive society, where data empowers social entities to pursue a sustainable future. As crucial members of civil society, are Chinese charities ready to undertake digital transformation? According to…
2022-07-06

Expert: China urgently needs ESG system

China urgently needs to establish an environmental, social and governance (ESG) framework in order to establish a green financial system to regulate sustainable investment behavior, to promote green and high-quality development of enterprises, and to achieve peak carbon and carbon…
2022-07-06

Sewage industry has potential to reduce emissions

The concept of modern sewage treatment did not arrive in China until the early 20th century. The Shanghai North Sewage Treatment Plant established in 1923 was the first such facility in the country, covering an area of 0.84 hectares with…
2022-07-04

China’s social workers play vital role in drug fight

China’s National Narcotic Control Committee released the “China Drug Situation Report 2021” on June 23, three days before the 35th International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. The report reveals that by the end of 2021, there were about…
2022-06-30

Indicator system set to improve volunteering opportunities

China Youth Volunteer Association recently released announced the “Indicator System of Volunteer Service in Colleges and Universities (Trial)”, aiming to provide professional guidance for objective evaluation and effective improvement of volunteer work in colleges and universities. The indicator system takes…
2022-06-30

How do Chinese media cover deforestation?

Chinese media has increased its coverage of environmental issues dramatically in the past decade. In recent years, coverage of climate change and carbon emissions has also started to make headlines. At the September 2020 United Nations General Assembly, President Xi…
2022-06-28

Impact investing in China: challenges and opportunities

The following article is a contribution from Explorer “If impact investing is what we do, blended value is what we produce,” remarked impact investing scholars Jed Emerson and Antony Bugg-Levine. Impact investing aims to produce positive and measurable social-environmental impacts…
2022-06-27

Tech lends a helping hand to China’s hearing impaired

During this year’s college entrance examination, a hearing-impaired candidate in Zhengzhou, Henan Province, was unable to pass the security checks to enter the exam room because of an in-ear implanted crystal. Fortunately, in less than 10 minutes, the candidate’s “silent…
2022-06-23
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