From China Development Brief:
A high-level international symposium on charity legislation, held in Beijing this summer, underlined the Chinese government’s determination to mobilise charitable giving even as the authorities were tightening their surveillance and control of the informal NGO sector.
Some 30 foreign experts, including senior managers from non-profit regulators in Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom, met from June 12-14 with an equal number of Chinese participants who were mainly drawn from the Ministry of Civil Affairs (MOCA) and other government agencies but also included some academic researchers and foundation practitioners. [Full Text]
