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The Foreign NGO Law and civil society cooperation more generally featured at the inaugural U.S.-China Social and Cultural Dialogue on September 28. As described in the U.S. statement on the dialogue, “Both sides discussed China’s foreign NGO management law, and concurred that it will not impede the legal activities of American NGOs in China. The United States looks forward to consultations with China on the foreign NGO management law before the end of this year.”...Read more
Poverty Alleviation Office Issues Foreign NGO Guidelines; Guangdong Chats with Hong Kong NGOs
Ministry of Public Security WeChat Posts—September 19, 2017
The State Council Leading Group Office of Poverty Alleviation and Development has issued guidelines for NGOs requesting the Office to serve as its Professional Supervisory Unit or as its Chinese Partner Unit for representative offices and temporary activities, respectively.Read more
China Development Brief (CDB) has posted two additional articles stemming from its July conference on foreign NGOs in China. One is from Wang Chao, Save the Children International’s China representative, who “suggests that international NGOs should turn their focus more [toward] self-examination, arguing that only when they reassess what they can bring to the table will they find a way out for the future.” The second is a question-and-answer session with several of the experts...Read more
New in our Analysis section: Rob Precht of Justice Labs argues that the obstacles the Foreign NGO Management Law creates for already beleaguered international human rights and rule of law organizations mean businesses and universities need to assume more responsibility for challenging human rights abuses and advancing their principles in the areas of law and rights.Read more
China Development Brief has begun posting English-language versions of the presentations and analysis offered at the workshop it hosted in July 2017. Included is a presentation from Jia Xijin, of Tsinghua University’s School of Public Policy and Management, looking at the first six months of Foreign NGO Law implementation, and a presentation from Zhang Lingxiao of Jingshi Law Firm, who offered answers to common questions about issues such as fundraising and registration applications.Read more