The China NGO Project is a community-driven platform from ChinaFile focused on non-governmental organizations (NGOs) working in China since the implementation of 2017’s Foreign NGO Law. We welcome—and rely on—feedback from readers; our contact information can be found on our About page and throughout the site.
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The Major Questions About China’s Foreign NGO Law Are Now Settled
And so Farewell from The China NGO Project
Five years after its first post, The China NGO Project is closing up shop. When we began in 2017, we hoped to help international nonprofits working in China make sense of the new legal regime they found themselves under after the passage of China’s Foreign NGO Law. We faced many of the same challenges as the community as a whole: a lack of detailed official information, difficulty finding candid interlocutors, and a seemingly unresolvable tension...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
William Nee, December 6, 2021
Analysis
Thomas Kellogg & Alison Sile Chen, June 13, 2020
Analysis
Jessica Batke, July 5, 2022