August 18, 2010 – 3:48 pm | No Comment

China foundation Center was inaugurated on July 8 of 2010. A brainchild of some of the visionaries in the philanthropic field in China, such as China’s best known philanthropic figure, Xu Yongguang, who created the …

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NGOs’ Governance in China: Achievements and Dilemmas
August 23, 2010 – 8:13 pm | No Comment

Kang Xiaoguang[1] and Feng Li[2]
Beijing, 20 March 2004
I. Preface
In 2002, two headline-making events occurred in China.  The China Youth Development Foundation, a famous government organized NGO (GONGO), and Lijiang Mothers Association, a famous private NGO, …

Why the Chill in the Air for NGOs?
June 10, 2010 – 4:06 pm | No Comment

By Shawn Shieh of NGOS in China
May 10, 2010
I’ve generally been an optimist about the future of NGOs in China, but recent events have gotten me thinking otherwise. In the last few months, we’ve witnessed …

Donors Kept in the Dark on Where Money Goes
June 9, 2010 – 3:59 pm | No Comment

By Zhang Yuchen (China Daily)
Updated: 2010-05-27 07:47
Is a lack of transparency driving a wedge between charities and donors, and undermining the charitable spirit? Zhang Yuchen in Beijing reports.
Do you know where your money goes when …

Chinese Government Promulgated Regulation Regarding Donations from and to Overseas
March 15, 2010 – 10:08 pm | No Comment

(China’s State Administration of Foreign Exchanges recently promulgated the  Notice on Issues concerning the Administration of Foreign Exchange Donated to or by Domestic Institutions, effective on March 1, 2010. It will affect how organizations get …

A Bilingual Magazine from China on Philanthropy: The Charitarian
March 1, 2010 – 4:51 pm | No Comment

  By Gao Fumao, Global Times
He’s a Chinese government official. She’s a British lawyer. Together they publish a magazine that hopes to lift a veil of illegitimacy clouding a local NGO scene that’s thriving in a …

The Development and Operations of the Board of Directors System in Chinese Nonprofit Organizations
February 3, 2010 – 6:32 pm | No Comment

(Original in Chinese by Tian Kai, PhD., School of Government, Peking University. Translated by Hong Liu of Harvard University.)
Since mid to late 1980s, board of directors system (the board system) has become an important theme in international …

China’s Corporate Social Responsibility Report 2009 : 40% of China’s Top Corporations are CSR Bystanders
January 10, 2010 – 1:35 am | 3 Comments

On the 18th October 2009, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) held a press conference on “2009 China’s Corporate Social Responsibility Blue Book” and development of corporate social responsibility (CSR) of top 100 China’s corporations in …

China Daily: NGOs to Get Legal Status from Government
December 1, 2009 – 3:40 pm | No Comment

By Shan Juan (China Daily)
Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) committed to fighting HIV/AIDS in China will soon get legal status to operate, as the government is considering legally recognizing these organizations, experts close to the situation said.
These …

Shenzhen Government Delegates Some of Its Functions to Social Organizations
November 10, 2009 – 7:19 pm | No Comment

In September, the plan for administration system reform in Shenzhen that has attracted great attention was announced, and 31 new institutions were established as part of the “Super-Ministry System” reform. Following the “Super-Ministry System” reform, …

Being a Social Entrepreneur in China: Policy, Philanthropic Environment and Beyond
October 5, 2009 – 8:21 pm | No Comment

 

When Dr. Ailing Zhuang, Founding Chair of the Nonprofit Organization Development Center in Shanghai (NDC), first approached the Shanghai Civil Affairs Bureau to register her nonprofit in 2004– an idea she developed during her study …