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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China Foundation Center Established
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 …

Who should be Chair of the Charity Federation: a Government Official or the Largest Donor?
August 13, 2010 – 12:44 am | No Comment

(Translated directly from Southern Weekend, April 11, 2002)
Deng Ke, Southern Weekend Reporter
 ·         In the Yuechen District of Zhaoxing City, Zhejiang Province, the largest donor to the newly established Charity Foundation will soon be appointed as …

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 …

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 …

China’s New Philanthropist Got Critized
February 23, 2010 – 6:20 pm | No Comment

 

(By Wang Hongyi, China Daily)  SHANGHAI: The latest donation of 43.16 million yuan ($6.3 million) by a major philanthropist and 512 other entrepreneurs toward the needy has stirred controversy in the charity sector.
On Friday, Chinese …

Jet Li One Foundation: 1 Yuan to Spread the Disease of LOVE
July 21, 2009 – 4:41 pm | No Comment

Original Chinese interview byZhai Minglei, May 31 2008. Translated by Min Guo.
Jet Li:
I am a survivor of the Indonesian Tsunami. My family was on vacation in the Maldives the day when Tsunami came. The …

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 …

Charitable Donation in China
May 21, 2009 – 2:50 pm | No Comment

By Jia Xijin and Zhao Yusi
According to statistics, the total charitable donation in China in 2008 reached 107 billion RMB (15.7 billion US dollars), three times what it was in 2007, with an annual growth …

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 …