Articles in Background and Trends
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, …
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 …
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 …
(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 …
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 …
(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 …
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 …
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 …
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, …
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 …

