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No Foreign NGO Representative Offices Registered in May
Last Month Was the First Since January 2017 with No New Registrations
Public security officials did not register any new foreign NGO representative offices in the month of May, marking the first time since the the Foreign NGO Law first took effect in January 2017 that an entire month elapsed without any registrations. During the height of the COVID-19 outbreak in China, authorities were still reporting new registrations, with three new offices registered in January, three in February, and five in March. The current lack of registrations...Read more
Which Professional Supervisory Units Are Sponsoring Foreign NGOs?
Following are the Professional Supervisory Units that have sponsored a (or multiple) foreign NGO representative office(s).Read more
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Analysis
Holly Snape, March 5, 2020
Analysis
Jessica Batke & Shen Lu, June 1, 2020