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According to information available on the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) website, the North Korea International Trade Promotion Council successfully registered a representative office in Dalian city, Liaoning province on April 11. This is the Council’s second representative office registered within China, and it is the only North Korean NGO to have successfully registered for a representative office. The China NGO Project previously reported the registration of the NGO’s first representative office in Jilin province...Read more
The Guangzhou Municipal Bureau of Ethnic and Religious Affairs released its “Method for Rewarding the Masses for Reporting Illegal Religious Activities,” which details how city officials can reward Guangzhou residents for reporting illegal religious activities to the authorities. According to the “Method,” the phrase “illegal religious activities” refers to actions that violate the Foreign NGO Law, the Provisions on the Administration of Religious Activities of Aliens within the Territory of the People’s Republic of China,...Read more
Chinese Partner Unit Thanks Guizhou Public Security, NGO Helps with Mental Health Training in Heilongjiang, Schools in Hubei Get a Visit from NGO Management Office
Ministry of Public Security WeChat Posts—March 31-April 11, 2019
Recently, the Qianxinan Buyi and Miao Autonomous Prefecture Small Group Office for Helping Develop Border Areas presented a banner to the Guizhou Public Security Bureau (PSB) Foreign NGO Management Office, expressing their gratitude for the office’s kindness and convenient and efficient services. As part of the work done by the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, the Small Group Office uses science and technology to aid the region’s “elderly, minority, marginalized, and impoverished” groups through...Read more
Shanghai Talks Foreign NGO Inspections, Jiangsu Discusses Health-Related Work
Ministry of Public Security WeChat Posts—March 20, 2019
March 20, 2019:The Tianjin Public Security Bureau (PSB) Foreign NGO Management Office recently held an informal discussion at the Japan Kobe International Cooperation and Exchange Center in Tianjin to address the promotion of friendly exchange between the cities of Tianjin and Kobe. The conversation covered the friendly association between the two cities and the NGO’s regular operations, including difficulties the group has encountered during project implementation. The Foreign NGO Management Office discussed its own work,...Read more
Data from China’s Ministry of Public Security (MPS) shows a recent uptick in the number of religion-related temporary activities organized by foreign NGOs that have received government approval. The Hong Kong-based CWM/Nethersole Fund (世界传到会/那打素基金) successfully filed for 11 separate activities, eight of which The China NGO Project has categorized as related to “religion.” (The China NGO Project assigns sector categorizations based on information posted on the MPS website; these categorizations should be taken as our...Read more