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May 10, 2017

Guangdong and Shanghai Public Security Bureaus Talk Foreign NGO Law with Foreign Consulates

Ministry of Public Security WeChat Posts—May 2-9, 2017

The Ministry of Public Security continues to post updates relevant to the Foreign NGO Law on its WeChat account, the most recent of which are translated and summarized below. Previous WeChat posts from the Ministry of Public Security that we have translated are available here.

May 2, 2017:

On April 21, World Vision became the first foreign NGO to register in Jiangxi province.

May 2, 2017:

On April 27, Gansu province registered is first foreign NGO, an international consulting and resources enterprise.

May 2, 2017:

On May 2, three recently registered foreign NGOs gave a thank you banner to the Shanghai Ministry of Public Security Foreign NGO office.

May 5, 2017:

The Shanghai Foreign NGO Management Office welcomed New Zealand Deputy Consul-General Megan Birnie to its office for a meeting on the Foreign NGO Law.

May 5, 2017:

Health Poverty Action, which is registered in Yunnan province, plans to carry out public health development assistance related to One Belt, One Road in Myanmar in conjunction with five Chinese universities, non profits, and government agencies.

May 5, 2017:

The Chinese General Chamber of Commerce, Hong Kong attended a discussion on One Belt, One Road in Egypt.

May 5, 2017:

Turkey’s International Silk Road Trade and Culture Associations, dedicated to China-Turkey cultural exchange and economic cooperation, will be an active supporter of and advocate for the One Belt, One Road policy.

May 9, 2017:

On May 9, the Tibet Ministry of Public Security held a meeting, chaired by Tibet Foreign NGO Management Office Vice Head Lu Tao, that touched on “encouraging and supporting as well as standardizing and guiding” foreign NGOs in Tibet.

May 9, 2017:

On April 25, the China Kind Fund held an event in which it donated 5 million renminbi to a Chinese charity.

May 9, 2017:

On May 9, the Guangdong province Foreign NGO Management Office held a meeting with eight foreign consulates to explain the Foreign NGO Law and the new registration and filing procedures. In attendance were representatives from the U.S., Canadian, Australian, Japanese, German, U.K., Belgian, and Norwegian consulates.

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