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Chongqing PSB Meets Hungarian Officials, Japanese NGO Opens Its Doors in Hunan, Tianjin PSB Tested on Foreign NGO Knowledge
Ministry of Public Security WeChat Posts—August 8, 2019
August 8, 2019:Representatives of the Chongqing Municipal Public Security Bureau (PSB) Foreign NGO Management Office recently met with the consul general, consul, and the director of the secretariat of the Hungarian Consulate in Hong Kong. They discussed the cultural exchange activities that Hugarian NGOs have carried out in Chongqing since the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Hungary 70 years ago.The PSB police welcomed Hungarian NGOs to carry out culture and art exchange activities...Read more
How China Regulates Foreign Non-Governmental Organizations
The many, many hoops that foreign groups have to jump through to operate in China—and why Beijing changed the laws in 2017.
Nearly three years into implementation of the ONGO Law, it is difficult to make a strong case for this latter argument. According to data taken directly from the MPS, foreign NGOs’ efforts to register representative offices have slowed to a trickle. Further, the number and range of foreign NGOs that have been able to formally sponsor or organize a one-off activity or event, or to use the technical term, carry out a “temporary activity filing,”...Read more
The Austria-China Peaceful Reunification Promotion Association (奥地利中国和平统一促进会) registered a representative office in China on May 29, 2019. This is particularly noteworthy not only because it is the first Austrian group to register an office under the auspices of the Foreign NGO Law, but also because it is affiliated with the Chinese Communist Party’s (C.C.P.’s) United Front Work Department. The United Front is the C.C.P. agency responsible for managing relationships with elite Chinese individuals and organizations...Read more
PSB Gives Foreign NGO Law Lectures, Including on the Education Sector
Ministry of Public Security WeChat Posts—July 29, 2019
July 29, 2019:At the invitation of the region’s Foreign Affairs Office, the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region Public Security Bureau (PSB) Foreign NGO Management Office recently gave a lecture on the Foreign NGO Law, including relevant procedures for representative office registration and temporary activity filing. More than 80 representatives from foreign affairs departments at the district, city and county levels, as well as other relevant government personnel, participated in the training.The PSB also discussed their foreign...Read more
We’ve recently updated and re-organized our FAQ section based on user feedback. In particular, we’ve gathered key questions related to representative offices and temporary activities onto their own separate pages, to allow for easier browsing and searchingRead more