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Conference reports 2013 – Philanthropy and civil society in China
In November three important events related to philanthropy and civil society in China were held in Beijing. The most important of these was the ‘Third Plenum’ of the Communist Party, which among other things highlighted …
Civil society events make headway but China still needs to develop trust in CSOs
I was honoured to be invited to speak at two events about civil society in China held during the Mid-Autumn Festival this month (when one consumes lots of mooncakes at family gatherings held throughout China …
Loosening of rules for foreign CSOs in China coming
A front-page headline in 19 July’s China Daily proclaims: ‘Foreign NGO registration rules eased.’ While something of an overstatement, it is nonetheless good news and the move is to be applauded. At the current time only foreign foundations …
Reforming CSOs in China
Following up on my March and April posts, I wanted to return to the subject of reforms in the legal framework for CSOs in China. As I noted, there is a special relationship between the …
Mercator Salons 3 & 4 focus on money and happiness
The Mercator Salon is a series of events run by Stiftung Mercator in Beijing. Following the advent of the ‘Enlightenment in Dialogue’, held in 2011, the first two Mercator Salons took place in Beijing in 2012 …
Good news and bad from the public interest law front in China
There are not many CSOs in China with good luck in public interest suits. The environmental area is one where there is great success, but other types of suits frequently miss their mark because courts …
News from China: roll-out of plan to allow CSOs to directly register, the earthquake response and other developments
Pursuant to the plan announced by the National People’s Congress (NPC) in March and the follow-up decision to create a timeline of the expected changes to be carried out by the State Council, China Daily …
Big news from the big meeting of the National People’s Congress in China
While there have been other recent developments that are relevant to this blog, they all pale in comparison with the one part of the Chinese government’s government restructuring plan that affects civil society. As part …
Version 2.0: The Giving Pledge globalizes
They said that the Giving Pledge was ‘made in America’, they said that Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett didn’t understand other cultures, and that their brand of philanthropy was inappropriate for (substitute the …
Trends in Chinese transparency and philanthropy
A report issued in early January dealt with transparency among China’s large foundations. Some of the results are reported in the chart below. Only 182 organizations published financial accounts in their annual reports. Among 240 …
