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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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 …

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 …

Grassroots Nonprofit Organizations in China: Origin and Path
March 27, 2009 – 8:21 pm | No Comment

Since the registration of Friends of Nature, China’s first grassroots nonprofit organization in China in March 1994, there are over 386,000 registered social organizations in China by June 2008.
The birth of Friends of Nature mirrored …