From China Daily (link):
Environmental protection NGOs are suffering from a shortage of funds and a low registration rate, while many are simply too small to have an impact, a recent survey has revealed.
There were 2,768 environmental protection NGOs in China at the end of last year, with a total membership of 224,000, said the survey, released by the All-China Environment Federation (ACEF) last Saturday.
Government departments and student volunteers initiated more than 90 per cent of them, but only a little over 20 per cent had registered with authorities.
Read more about the ACEF, which was founded a year ago, here.
