Labor NGOs: Growing Pains
The following is a translation of an in-depth Southern Daily (Nanfang Ribao) article examining the recent suppression of labor NGOs in Guangdong.
2012-09-25
The basic goal of China’s public institution reform: promoting the development of the public service sector
This article reports on the completion of the first stage of China's reform of its public institutions (sometimes referred to as public service units)
2012-09-12
Development Aid, NGOs and Civil Society: Exploring the Contradictions
China Development Brief’s founder, Nick Young, writes about the impact of international aid historically, pointing to its contradictory effects particularly on the NGO community both in China and abroad.
2012-08-24
Civil Society Contributions to Policy Innovation in China
In this original English-language article, Amanda Brown-Inz and Sabine Mokry report on an international conference held in May of this year in Beijing on civil society contributions to policy innovation in China.
2012-08-23
How the Official Discourse of “Social Management Innovation” Has Expanded the Space for NGOs
CDB Editor, Liu Haiying, takes a close look at how the official discourse promoting “social management innovation” has led in recent years to more local policy experimentation on lowering barriers for NGO registration.
2012-08-21
The Role of NGOs in an Uncertain Policy Environment for Migrant Schools
CDB Staff Writer Li Simin examines Beijing’s uncertain policy environment for private migrant schools, and the role that NGOs continue to play in providing services to migrant children and families in these difficult times.…
2012-08-13
Why Have Our Appeals for Information Disclosure Been Ignored?
In this important first-hand testimonial, Yu Xiaogang and Chen Yu of the well-known Yunnan-based environmental NGO, Green Watershed, detail how their appeals for information to be disclosed about a chemical factory involved in chromium pollution were systematically brushed aside by local authorities
2012-08-13
Have NGOs Been Overshadowed by Microblogging?
CDB Editor, Liu Haiying takes a critical look at the impact of microblogging and “micro-charity”, which made headlines in 2011, on the civil society sector
2012-08-09
Learning Social Innovation from the West
This article is less about what China can learn about social innovation from the West, and more about how Chinese academic, media and NGO leaders interpret these terms in the current political climate.
2012-07-02
POLICY BRIEF NO. 6: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back?
This month saw more policy changes emanating from the provincial governments in Beijing and Guangdong as the central and local governments adopt various partial measures in the absence of more up-to-date, comprehensive, national laws and regulations.
2012-06-27
The CFPA and the Third Anniversary of the Wenchuan Earthquake
This is one of several articles on NGO responses to disasters that we are making available in commemoration of the May 12, 2008 Wenchuan earthquake in Sichuan.
2012-05-22
The Central Committee and State Council Issue a Document Encouraging Social Forces to Enter the Public Welfare Sector According to Law
This article publicizes a document issued last year but which is highlighted here because it calls attention to the government’s effort to encourage public institutions to join the public welfare sector as social actors.
2012-04-20
For Public Interest Groups, Registration is Difficult, Taxes and Fees are Onerous and Resources are Few
rofessor Wang Ming, director of Tsinghua University’s NGO Research Center and a member of the national Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference made a proposal to carry out more favorable tax policies for non-public fundraising foundations and social organizations, and to promote more government contracting to grassroots social organizations.
2012-03-21
A Dialogue with Construction Workers
Migrant workers are a major force behind China’s economic miracle and the low cost of their labor makes affordable many of the goods and services we enjoy on a daily basis.
2012-03-15
Using Traditional Resources to Organize Workers
his article is a transcription of a CDB interview with Professor Guo of the Sociology Institute at China’s Politics and Law University.
2012-03-15
Government Procurement Promotes Social Work Agencies
The following is a dense but very interesting article on a cutting-edge trend in China: the flowering of nonprofit (and some for-profit) social work agencies that are appearing in Chinese cities with the support of government funding and support
2012-02-07
Participatory Governance: An Interview with Song Qinghua
The following is an interview with Song Qinghua, director of the Beijing-based Shining Stone, one of China’s leading NGOs in the field of participatory community governance.
2012-02-01
The Shenzhen Public Interest Fair
This article is noteworthy for providing insights into how the NGO, nonprofit sector, or what is now commonly referred to as the public welfare or public interest sector, is evolving in China
2012-02-01
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