December 29, 2011 – 5:36 pm | No Comment

Updated: 2011-12-17 15:37 (Xinhua)
BEIJING – The Ministry of Civil Affairs issued a new guideline Friday to offer suggestions to charity groups on how to disclose donation information in the wake of doubts about the transparency …

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Non-profit group opens door to better housing
March 22, 2011 – 2:18 am | No Comment

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.

In Pursuit of a Fair Education
December 20, 2010 – 8:00 am | No Comment

By Jialu Xu of University of Pennsylvania
– An Interview with the Founder of the Golden Key Research Center of Education for the Visually Impaired
I have scheduled the interview with Mr. Xu Bailun – the founder …

Governmental Takeover of Grassroots NPO: a Step Forward or Backwards?
November 29, 2010 – 8:00 am | One Comment

By Jialu Xu of Univrsity of Pennsylvania
As Chinese government-affiliated NPO/NGOs fight for its independence from government control, some grassroots NPOs in China choose to be taken over by the government as supplementary to some official …

Chinese Grassroots NGOs Struggle With Scarce Funds
November 16, 2010 – 3:44 pm | No Comment

Source: Legal Daily (China)
While many people in China have been donating clothing and money to victims of natural disasters, this is just an utterly inadequate method in dealing with a severe situation. Grassroots organizations still …

Guangzhou Launches NGO Base to Nurture Fledgling Social Enterprises
November 8, 2010 – 6:34 am | No Comment

Source: China News Website
Seeing an increasingly important role nonprofits organization is playing in addressing social problems, Chinese local governments doubled their efforts to provide better environment for these entities to be formed and grow up.
Guangzhou, …

On Impacts of China’s SAFE Regulation Regarding Overseas Donations
June 16, 2010 – 8:24 pm | One Comment

(Abridged from “China’s New Nonprofit Regulations: Season of Instablity” by Meg Davis) 
by Meg Davis
Since March 2010, we’ve received a flurry of calls and emails from reporters, donors and lawyers asking about the new regulations on …

Gates Foundation Empowering NGOs in China the Chinese Way
December 9, 2009 – 9:46 pm | No Comment

 
 By ANDREW JACOBS, New York Times, Published: December 2, 2009
 (Abridged from artilce entitled “H.I.V. Tests Turn Blood Into Cash in China“)
 …Although not trumpeted in its promotional materials, the foundations (Gates Foundation) other goal is more …

The Role of NGOs in China’s AIDS Crisis
June 22, 2009 – 2:03 am | No Comment

Original byJoan Kaufman
 “The global AIDS epidemic continues to worsen and is one of the leading develop­ment challenges of our era.” Facing this global crisis, “NGOs have played a decisive role in the response, both for …

Evolution of the Environmental NGOs in China
May 28, 2009 – 1:00 pm | No Comment

Based on research by Jialiang Xu and Fang Wan
The history of China’s environmental NPOs is less than 30 years. Till 2005, there are 2768 environmental NPOs of various types in China. Among them, 1382 (49.9%) were …

Media as a Venue for Civil Participation in China
May 6, 2009 – 7:49 pm | No Comment

                              
On May 4, 2009, Hauser Center invited Zhang Jiang, Professor and Dean, News & Communication Department, China Youth University for Political Sciences to give a talk on Media as a Venue for Civil Participation …