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Survey on the Needs and Challenges of Public Welfare Organisations Under COVID-19 Epidemic Conditions

In March 2020, China Development Brief (CDB) along with another 14 public welfare organisations conducted an online survey to understand what negative effects the COVID-19 pandemic brought to public welfare organisations in China and what long-term effects it will have…

2021-05-24

Returning migrant children half of China’s left-behind children: report

Liao Hua (pseudonym) had lived with his grandparents in the countryside for a while before his parents finally brought him along with them last year to the city, where they work as migrant workers. But after only three months, due…

2021-05-21

Arts education resources, support on the rise within China

In May, Wang Dengfeng from the Ministry of Education spoke on the increasing attention given to arts education in elementary and middle schools. Wang detailed China’s future arts education goals during a press conference that also touched on the improvement…

2021-05-21

Could Inner Mongolia’s afforestation success be a framework for UN’s 2030 Agenda?

More than 2 billion people in 167 countries and regions are severely affected by desertification. To fight desertification, an afforestation campaign is underway in the Kubuqi Desert, Inner Mongolia. With 30 years of effort, the campaign has covered 6,000 square…

2021-05-21

China Association for the Deaf works with telecom firm to serve disabled

Last decade in China, there were as many as 20.54 million people with hearing loss. Although resources exist like hearing aids and cochlear implants, President of the Chinese Association for the Deaf Yang Yang said there is so much more…

2021-05-21

Nursing moves toward greater professionalism in China

On May 12, International Nurses Day, the National Health Commission released data and information on registered nurses in China. The total number of registered nurses reached 4.7 million, increasing by 45 percent compared to 2015. The number of registered nurses…

2021-05-17

Research for reform: discussing social organisations with Professor Tao Chuanjin

Editor’s Note: During CDB’s annual forum in 2020, we had the pleasure of inviting Professor Tao Chuanjin from the School of Social Development and Public Policy at Beijing Normal University as one of our coordinators at the roundtable discussions. After…

2021-05-12

Volunteers reveal e-commerce platforms facilitate animal abuse

Volunteers from the Chengdu House of Love Animal Rescue Centre on May 3 stopped a truck on the street. There were more than ten layers of courier boxes in the truck with animals wailing inside. These 180 animals were pets…

2021-05-12

Portable life-saving device vital to health in Hubei village

An (automated external defibrillator) AED is a life-saving device for patients who experience sudden cardiac arrests. Sophisticated but easy to use, the device can be used to analyze heart rhythm and defibrillate the heart when needed. However, the device has…

2021-05-12

Lending solutions: Dialogue with Gao Zhan

Editor’s Note: Originating from Bangladesh, Grameen Bank has provided millions of small loans to poor individuals all over the world over the years. As radical as it may seem, Grameen Bank has reached 8.4 million people in both developed and…

2021-05-11

Essential medical checkups for children conducted in remote village

Recently, the Phoenix New Media’s team for the Children Welfare Project and medical volunteers from nearly ten hospitals in Beijing went to Xinhua Hope Primary School in Yeping, Jiangxi Province, to carry out health screenings for children. The group of…

2021-05-07

Digital divide faced by elderly underscores need for civil attention

With rapid digital development, more senior citizens now own smartphones and can access the internet. In addition to advantages in faster communication, senior citizens face problems brought by the modern technology, such as over-relying on the internet and still being…

2021-05-07

What Beijing’s “gift package” to renewables means for reaching a 2030 carbon peak

By the end of 2020, China had generated 93.4 million kilowatts of renewable energy, an increase of 17.5 percent year-on-year. But in recent years some renewable energy enterprises have faced cash flow shortages, production difficulties, and other financial stresses. But…

2021-03-31

National Health Commission outlines China’s key mental health tasks for 2021

The National Health Commission along with eight other institutions issued The 2021 Notice of Key Tasks On Printing and Distributing the Pilot Scheme for the Construction of the National Social and Psychological Service System to require that in pilot areas…

2021-03-31

China’s legislators, civil society push wider social safety net for delivery app workers

The internet economy has spurred the growth gig economy worldwide. With the proliferation of delivery apps and rideshare services, labor relations that used to be clearly defined have become murkier. Employers evade responsibility while workers in this sector linger in…

2021-03-26

Practicing for the public and the planet: Liu Jinmei’s story

A clean, healthy and sustainable environment is a basic and essential citizen’s right. This is one core value of the head of Friends of Nature’s law and policy project, Liu Jinmei. “Since it is a right, using law to defend…

2021-03-16

Meet the Juvenile Court Work Office under China’s Supreme People’s Court

On the 2nd of March, the Juvenile Court Work Office was formally established and unveiled. Yang Wanming, deputy dean and director of the Juvenile Court Office, emphasised “the protection of minors and crime prevention is a systematic project that requires…

2021-03-10

Eight things you should know about the Yangtze River’s new legal rights

Editor’s Note: This is an abbreviated and adapted translation of an article published by the Beijing News on the 1st of March, 2021, under the title《长江保护法》今起正式施行 8个关键词解读如何保护长江. On the 1st of March, the Yangtze River Protection Law officially came into…

2021-03-10

CDB Reports

Returning migrant children half of China’s left-behind children: report

Arts education resources, support on the rise within China

Could Inner Mongolia’s afforestation success be a framework for UN’s 2030 Agenda?

China Association for the Deaf works with telecom firm to serve disabled

Volunteers reveal e-commerce platforms facilitate animal abuse

Lending solutions: Dialogue with Gao Zhan

Essential medical checkups for children conducted in remote village

Digital divide faced by elderly underscores need for civil attention

What Beijing’s “gift package” to renewables means for reaching a 2030 carbon peak

Practicing for the public and the planet: Liu Jinmei’s story

Meet the Juvenile Court Work Office under China’s Supreme People’s Court

Eight things you should know about the Yangtze River’s new legal rights

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