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Beijing Charity Week to give publicity to the Charity Law

China’s Charity Law has officially come into force on the first of September 2016. As the first basic and comprehensive law for all charitable activities, it is supposed to lead and promote the development of charity in China. Beijing‘s Civil…
2016-09-02
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Outlining the Development of the Chinese Charity Sector in 2015

This article from the Blue Book of Philanthropy 2015 provides a general overview of the trends and developments of the Chinese philanthropic sector over 2015, from the Charity Law and the explosion of online donations to the continuing scandals over malpractice and misuse of funds.
2016-08-31

Medical centre for children’s eye care built in Tibet

On August 26 a permanent medical centre for children’s eye care was launched at the People’s Hospital of Lhasa, the capital of the Tibetan Autonomous Region, as part of the Eye Care Action Program. The center is the result of…
2016-08-29

China to reform regulations on social organisations

On August 21, the General Office of the Communist Party of China (GOCPC) and the General Office of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China (GOSCPRC) jointly issued a document entitled ‘Opinions on the Reform of the Regulations…
2016-08-24
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Doing Charity in China’s Poshest Neighbourhood

What is it like to conduct charity work in China's most fancy and cosmopolitan neighbourhood? This article reviews the development of community organizations in Beijing's Sanlitun sub-district.
2016-08-19

Knock-off charity groups exposed

In March 2016, China’s Ministry of Civil Affairs disclosed a list on which a number of charity associations were confirmed to be knock-offs and illegal. This led to the media conducting further investigations into those organisations. It was found that…
2016-08-19

G(irls) 20 summit promotes female entrepreneurship

Twenty-four young women－chosen for their experience, ambition and learning ability out of more than 1,700 applicants from the G20 countries－joined this year’s G(irls) 20 summit in Beijing on August 9th. G(irls) 20, established in 2009, is an organization based in…
2016-08-18

New research centre on Chinese philanthropic trusts unveiled in Beijing

The Chinese Philanthropic Trusts Practice & Development Forum, co-hosted by the China Philanthropy Institute of Beijing Normal University, the China Global Philanthropy Institute and Xinhua Net, officially kicked off on the 9th of August. The new Research Centre on Philanthropic…
2016-08-16
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2015: Public Welfare and Gender

This article from the Chinese Academy of Social Science's annual Blue Book of Philanthropy describes how gender issues came back to the fore in China's non-profit sector over 2015, after years of being consigned to the back burner.
2016-08-12

Li Zhiqiang: the three elements of a social enterprise

Li Zhiqiang, the co-founder and first chairman of Aurora Social Enterprise, shared his views on social enterprises in a recent article in the Chinese media, written to help people gain a more specific understanding of the concept. There isn’t a…
2016-08-12
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An Interview with Adrian Sargeant: Fundraising and Donor Loyalty

Professor Adrian Sargeant, world renown authority on fundraising and donor psychology, talks with CDB about how fundraising can be made more responsive to the needs of the donors, and about some of the issues facing the charity sector in China and worldwide.
2016-08-04

Annual meeting on CSR in China organized by Southern Weekly

The eighth annual meeting on corporate social responsibility (CSR) in China, hosted by Southern Weekly, drew to a successful close on July 29 in Beijing. Government agents, corporate representatives, NGO and media workers concerned with corporate social responsibility, and philanthropic…
2016-08-04
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