Articles in Featured Chinese Social Entrepreneurs
On April 2, 2011, Mr. Deng Fei, a journalist by profession, launched a “Free Lunch” initiative with around 500 other journalists. This initiative donates RMB ¥ 3 per day to each student to improve their …
By Maeve Wang, Harvard College 2011
Dr. Zhuang Ailing has been a philanthropist before philanthropy was a defined concept in China. Over the course of her career, Zhuang has played a key role in developing the …
By Sirui Li and Celia Chen
“Today we face a society that houses conflicts of unprecedented complexity. Due to the multiplicity of interest groups and the variety of social problems, administrative measures means can only have …
By Zhongrui Yin and Wenxin Du
“What many Chinese people lack is respect for others,” says Wang Zhenyao, the former Director of the Department of Social Welfare and Social Security at China’s Ministry of Civil Affairs, …
Eight apartments in Zhabei and Yangpu districts have benefited from a program helping senior citizens to improve their living conditions.
Many of the residents were widows and childless seniors.
By Xie Chuanjiao
China Daily, 02-22-2011
The 56-year-old, whose Wangzhengde Restaurant has proven tremendously successful, never keeps more than 20,000 yuan at a time for himself.
Although Wang has earned a fortune, he and his wife live …
By Wu Chen, China Features, Xinhua News Agency
BEIJING, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) — Chinese non-governmental-organizations, especially the grassroots charities, have been facing a severe shortage of talented staff due to a lack of …
From China Daily
It is 5 am on a cold winter day. Yin Chunxu, 6, is changing out of his night clothes. His eyes are full of tears.
He had hoped his mother would let him sleep …
Since volunteer culture and volunteer training mechanism have not taken root in China, the ambition always hits the wall to put all volunteers in the right place. A more reliable model lies in the concept …
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 …
