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More Annual Report Training; Registrations in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Guangxi
Ministry of Public Security WeChat Posts—March 2, 2018
Following the lead of the Beijing Public Security Bureau (PSB) Foreign NGO Management office, the Shanghai PSB Foreign NGO Management Office held a training on how to complete annual reports for 2017. In attendance were representative and financial staff from the 86 foreign NGOs that have already registered or are in the process of registering representative offices in Shanghai. The training covered how to fill in required information, such as scope of work as well...Read more
Four Provinces Conduct Foreign NGO-Related Outreach
Ministry of Public Security WeChat Posts—February 9, 2018
The foreign NGO management offices of three separate provincial public security bureaus (PSBs) recently conducted outreach activities on college campuses related to the Foreign NGO law.Read more
The Discipline Inspection Commission website for Qujing City, Shizong County, Yunnan province recently posted an article describing the actions the county took in response to the recommendations of a provincial discipline inspection team that inspected the county last summer. The “rectification” actions taken by the county are grouped into three categories: Party leadership, Party building, and Party governance. Under the Party leadership section, one paragraph details the measures the county took to deal with two...Read more
The China-Europe Association for Civil Rights (CEACR) has published an English-language version of its 2017 Annual Report, which takes a careful look at both domestic and international NGOs working in mainland China under the Charity and Foreign NGO Laws. The report draws out three key points: first, that the types of challenges faced by foreign NGOs have bifurcated as certain groups have been able to register and others have not; second, that clarification and implementation...Read more
As detailed in a February 9 Ministry of Public Security WeChat post, the Beijing Public Security Bureau (PSB) Foreign NGO Management Office held a special training session to explain to Beijing-based foreign NGOs how to correctly submit their 2017 annual reports. The Ministry of Environmental Protection and the State Forestry Administration took part in the training, as did 78 individuals from foreign NGOs with offices in Beijing. The training included specialists speaking about the rules...Read more