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Feng Yuan talks talent recruitment, development

Narada Foundation’s project director Feng Yuan recently shared some practices and reflections on talent acquisition and personnel development in the philanthropy sector. Since joining the foundation in 2011, Feng has been responsible for disaster relief and post-disaster reconstruction projects, as…

Former minister calls for stronger domestic NGOs

“We need China’s own NGOs to become bigger and stronger to coordinate with China’s overseas development,” proposed He Yafei, China’s former vice-minister of foreign affairs, at the first Academic Forum for the High-Quality BRI Development held in Beijing on Jan…

Friends of Nature: working to protect China’s wetlands

“In Beijing, due to urban expansion, natural wetlands have been disappearing; the total area of urban wetlands has been decreasing year by year,” according to Friends of Nature (FON). Founded in 1996 by several scholars in a beautiful public garden…

Douyin feature allows users to help save Siberian tigers

Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok, has recently launched a Siberian tiger protection program through its “Douyin Nature” project. Users can collect “natural energy” by watching or shooting videos of animals and plants and donating the energy they earn to…

Government fund lends a hand to grassroots NGOs

It has always been challenging for China’s grassroots NGOs to participate in government procurement of services, due to inadequate organizational capacity and lack of familiarity with government standards. But help has now arrived. In 2021, China’s central government set up…

Controversial sanitary kit charity project taken down

On Jan 18, a post on Chinese social media raised questions regarding the contents of the “Sanitary Kit for Girls in Distress”, a charity project initiated by Xi’an Little Bee Charity Foundation on the Alipay public welfare platform, about the…

Zhengzhou’s guardians: the volunteer emergency service

On a 2014 trip to Fenghuang county, a popular tourist destination in China’s south central Hunan Province, army veteran Zhang Bing and his friends took turns to drive. “It was around 5 in the morning. We had just passed through…

Revealed: China’s top 10 charity highlights of 2021

On Jan 17, Lingshan Charity Foundation held an online meeting to release the Charity Development Report – Top 10 Annual Charity Events in China 2021. This is the 11th annual report released by the foundation since 2011. The organizer invited…

Annual report on overseas NGOs in China released

The annual report on overseas NGOs in China, released by the Administration Office of Overseas NGOs of the Ministry of Public Security (AONGOMPS), revealed that by Dec 31 last year, 631 representative offices of overseas NGOs had registered in accordance…

Public health emergencies: Guangzhou announces rules for social organizations

Guangzhou, capital of China’s Guangdong province, recently issued a new set of regulations outlining how social organizations should respond to public health emergencies. The “Social Organizations’ Response to Public Health Emergencies Prevention and Control” regulations are the first of their…

Beijing to improve access to mental health services by 2025

According to a list released by Beijing Municipal Bureau of Civil Affairs, 247 grassroots mental health centers have been established in the capital city. Residents can use them for information, psychological assessment, stress reduction, counseling and other services. A director…