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 …

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Hauser Center Event on Dec 2nd: Lunch Dialogue on Social Enterprises & Philanthropic Investment in China
November 24, 2009 – 5:48 pm | No Comment

The number of grassroots nonprofit organizations in China has been growing rapidly over the past several years.  The question of how this new group of players that drives the momentum of civil society evolution in China, to retain …

Hauser Center Event 5:00-6:30PM,11/16: 中国公民社会的进程及非营利组织在控制气候变化中的角色
November 13, 2009 – 6:56 pm | One Comment

The Progress of China’s Civil Society and the Role of China’s Nonprofits in Climate Control
中文座谈会A Panel Discussion in Chinese
Monday, November 16, 2009
5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Location: NYE B&C, Taubman Building 5th Floor, HKS
Huang …

Meet Philanthropists from China: Governance Challenges in Private Foundations in China
November 13, 2009 – 6:35 am | No Comment

On 28 October, the Nonprofits in China Domain invited twelve top Chinese private foundations to a seminar on non-profit governance at the Hauser Center. The seminar was moderated by Professor Christopher Stone, director of the …

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 …

China’s First Domestic Carbon Credits Trading, August 2009
September 9, 2009 – 11:48 pm | No Comment

August 5th witnessed China’s first voluntary carbon credits trading. At the China Beijing Environment Exchange (CBEX), Tianping Auto Insurance Co (TPAIC) using RMB 277,700 (or $39,671), purchased 8,026 tons of carbon reduction credits generated from …

China’s Private Foundation Community Taking Innitiatives in Self-Regulation
July 14, 2009 – 9:14 pm | One Comment

During China’s Private Foundation Forum in Beijing July 2-3, the Organizing Committee of the Forum issued the “Self-Disciplne Declaration of China Private Foundations” on behalf of the participating foudnations, highlightening the need and the wish for …

China Philanthropy Updates: China’s Private Foundation Forum in Beijing 7/2-3
June 30, 2009 – 2:32 pm | One Comment

China Private Foundation Forum will be held in Beijing July 2nd to 3rd, with the theme of “China’s Privation Foundations in Growth”.
At the Forum, leaders from China’s Private Foundations will gather for the first time, to …

China’s Think Tanks: Roles and Implications for Civil Society in China
May 18, 2009 – 3:01 pm | No Comment

                       
On May 1st, the Hauser Center Nonprofits in China Domain organized a panel discussion, China’s Think Tanks: Roles and Implications for Civil Society in China. The panel started with a presentation by James C. …

Foreign Philanthropies in China: A Talk by Peter Geithner
April 28, 2009 – 10:52 pm | One Comment

On April 28, 2009, Peter Geitherner, Ford Foundation’s First China Rep gave a talk on the history of foreign philanthropies in China at the Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations at Harvard University.
Below are notes …

Where Microfinance Stands in China
April 27, 2009 – 7:32 pm | One Comment

On June 5-8, 2009, China’s Grassroots Finance Forum is holding the Second Grassroots Finance Forum and Microcredit Organizations Training Worshop on  in Beijing.
This workshop is right in time in China, as the need for micro-finance …