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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 …
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 …
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 …
Charity diversity, social management innovation and international CSOs – some recent developments in China
At a conference on ‘City Charity and Charity Innovation’, held in connection with a recent charity fair in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Minister of Civil Affairs Li Liguo noted that in recent years, Ningxia …
New legislation is a setback for Russian NGOs
Last week and in great haste the Russian Parliament adopted a new piece of legislation with a name that would have been appropriate for cold war times: ‘On regulation of activities of the NGOs, which …
