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Despite People’s Republic of China (P.R.C.) officials’ statements to the contrary, it is clear that 2017 was more of a “soft launch” for the Foreign NGO Law, a year of ambiguity and improvisation for both foreign NGOs and for the public security authorities tasked with overseeing them. Though the law went into effect on January 1, 2017, key questions about its implementation remained unanswered even as foreign groups were supposed to already be in compliance...Read more
The term “human rights” has now been used three times in the information on the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) website about registered representative offices and filed temporary activities. The term is included in the titles for three temporary activities filed by the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, which, perhaps unsurprisingly, also has the term “human rights” in its own name. The first of these activities started in May 2017, and...Read more
The Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS) interviews The China NGO Project Editor Jessica Batke about the Foreign NGO Law, asking questions both about how the Project goes about its day-to-day work and about what implementation looks like on the ground 18 months after the law went into effect. One of the most important questions, however, remains unanswered—what about groups that are unable to get registered? The podcast is available on MERICS' website as well...Read more
Foreign NGO Registration and Filing Data Now Available through April 2018
Two New PSUs Sponsored Foreign NGOs in April, and We Added Human Rights to Our Categorization Scheme
Statistics showing the number of foreign NGOs that have filed for temporary activities or established representative offices from January 2017 through April 2018 are now available as part of our suite of data visualizations.Read more
The International Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ICNL) has released an updated version of its China Philanthropy Law Report. The report offers an overview of recent developments in civil society and philanthropy in China, including the passage of the Charity Law and the Foreign NGO Law. The report notes that private philanthropy continues to expand in China, becoming more “democratized and decentralized as a growing number of organizations and individuals have been encouraged and empowered to...Read more