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With almost 300 foreign NGO representative offices registered this year, implementation of the Foreign NGO Law has entered a new phase: management. For foreign NGOs that were operating informally or under a different status before, formal registration under the Foreign NGO Law may come with additional administrative requirements that they hadn’t had to consider before. A number of these requirements—though not all of them—relate to Article 24 of the law: foreign NGOs must adopt the...Read more
On December 14, the Charity Philanthropy Research Institute (CPRI) at Beijing Normal University published an interview with OVCI la Nostra Famiglia (OVCI Our Family) about their registration process under the Foreign NGO Law. OVCI stressed the importance of “localization”—that is, working closely with a domestically-registered non-profit to understand local needs and utilize local resources. OVCI also discussed their efforts to meet early and often with their potential Professional Supervisory Unit (PSU), beginning in the summer...Read more
As agreed at the U.S.-China Social and Cultural Dialogue in September of this year, the U.S. State Department met with the Chinese government on December 14 to discuss U.S. NGOs in China. Though the State Department’s press release does not detail which entities and individuals from the Chinese side participated in the consultation, reference to the Ministry of Public Security’s (MPS) commitment to meet with foreign NGOs next year suggests that it was a key...Read more
Tianjin Public Security Bureau Donates to Orphans, Tibet Public Security Bureau ‘Braves the Winter Cold,’ Shandong Public Security Bureau Meets with Locally-Registered Foreign NGOs
Ministry of Public Security WeChat Posts—December 6-13, 2017
Today, the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) released statistics showing foreign NGO representative offices and temporary activities from January to November of this year.Read more
On December 1, China Development Brief (CDB) held a workshop in Beijing for foreign NGOs in China. NGOs that had already registered a representative office in China shared their experiences related to finding a Professional Supervisory Unit, financial management, compliance, and human resources. Read CDB’s full write-up on their WeChat account.Read more