Harvard University January 21-23, 2011
The conference will focus on developments in civil society in China but with a specific focus on the types and roles of nonprofit organizations. It will convene leading scholars of China studies from the U.S. in jointly building a systematic understanding of the nonprofit sector. They will do so from the perspectives of history, public policy, political science, sociology, anthropology and law. The purpose of this meeting is purely exploratory, to reflect upon recent research, to examine key issues in the field, and to assemble a possible future teaching and research agenda. Meanwhile, the conference has invited famous nonprofit leaders and scholars from China to share about the latest from the field in China.
Registration is required for public participation. For more information, check http://www.hks.harvard.edu/hauser/conference-on-civil-society/agenda/
Past Events:
Development of Philanthropy in China and the China Foundation Center
Oct. 7 Thursday, 2010
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Community networking to follow
Weil Town Hall, Belfer Building L 1
Presentation by and Discussion With:
Dr. Ailing Zhuang 庄爱玲
Executive Director, China Foundation Center, Beijing
Founding Chair and Former Executive Director, NPO Development Center Shanghai
Bill Gates and Warren Buffet’s visit to China once again attracted the world’s attention to philanthropy in China. Does China have the necessary infrastructures ready to support bold giving initiatives? The recently established China Foundation Center serves as a mirror to the status of philanthropy in China. Following the model of the Foundation Center in New York City, with the most influential figures from China’s nonprofit sector behind it, the China Foundation Center is dedicated to building transparency and accountability of foundations and other nonprofits in China. The China Central Television covered the initiative in its prestigious program “Economy Half Hour” and conducted an interview its founder Xu Yongguang. Dr. Zhuang, Executive Director of the initiative is going to share the challenges and ambitions of the China Foundation Center, and to throw light on the landscape of philanthropy in China.
Nonprofits in China Study Group
A Case of a Chinese Nonprofit Creating an Anti-Discrimination Movement in China
Thursday, May 6, 2010
4:00 - 5:30 PM
Belfer Building L 4, Harvard Kennedy School
(Entrance at the Corner of Eliot Street and JFK Street)
Lu Jun
Co-Founder & Legal Representative,
Beijing Yirenping Center
Feb 26, 2010, Friday 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm
Nonprofits in China Seminar
Lunch Meeting with Foundation and Nonprofit Professionals from China (in Chinese)
与中国基金会和非营利组织负责人午餐座谈（中文）
With:
Rao Jinxing
Managing Director of Huaxia Social and Development Research Institute,
Founder of China Private Foundation Forum
Cheng Gang
CEO of Beijing Websoft Information Technology (providing website for many foundations: Narada Foundation, Chinese Red Cross Foundation, China Children Teenagers Fund, etc.)
Tao Ze
Managing Director, NPP (www.nppcn.com)
Holly Chang
Executive Director, Golden Bridges Foundation
Li Yusheng
Associate, Narada Foundation
Hu Xing (Moderator)
Manager, Nonprofit in China Domain, Hauser Center
Lunch will be provided, first come first serve
Location: Weil Town Hall, Belfer Building L 1 Harvard Kennedy School
Fall 2009 Events:
September
30, 2009
Being a
Social Entrepreneur in China
Policy,
Philanthropic Environment and
Beyond
A Panel Discussion With:
Dr. Ailing
Zhuang: Founding Chair
and Executive Director, NPO Development Center Shanghai
Prof. Hanlong
Lu: Professor,
Institute of Sociology, Shanghai Academy of Social
Sciences; Director of Shanghai Center for Charity Studies
Ms. Zhaomin
Jin: Executive
Director, NPO Development Center Shanghai
Dr. David Brown
(Moderator): Senior Research
Fellow of Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations
12:00 - 1:30 pm
(Lunch will be provided)
Location:
Weil Town
Hall, Belfer L1,
Harvard Kennedy School
Oct 28, 2009
Meet
Philanthropists from China:
Governance Challenges in Private Foundations in
China
9:00 - 10:30 AM
Coffee social starts at 8:45
AM
Location:
Nye B & C, Taubman Building
5th Floor , Harvard Kennedy
Schooll
November
16, 2009
The
Progress of China’s Civil Society and the Role of
China’s Nonprofits in Climate Change
Control
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Location: Nye B & C, Taubman Building
5th Floor , Harvard Kennedy
School
December 2, 2009
1:30–3:00pm
Social Enterprises & Philanthropic
Investment in China:
How to Break New Ground in Emerging
Markets
A Dialogue with
Michael
Chu
Senior Lecturer, Harvard
Business School Social Enterprise Initiative; Managing
Director, IGNIA Fund in Mexico dedicated to investing in
commercial enterprises serving low-income populations in
developing countries
Grace Chiang
Co-Founder
and Managing Director, Social Venture Group in Shanghai and
Hong Kong
Moderator: Xing
Hu
Domain Manager, Nonprofits in China
Domain of Practice, Hauser Center of Nonprofit
Organizations at Harvard
Location: Nye B & C, Taubman Building
5th Floor , Harvard Kennedy School
Spring 2009 Events:
March 4, 2009
China’s
Civil Society and Political
Transformation
Xijin Jia
, Visiting Fellow, Hauser
Center for Nonprofit Organizations at Harvard
University.
Associate
Professor, and Deputy Director of NGO Center at Tsinghua
University of China
April
28, 2009
Foreign
Philanthropies in China
Peter Geithner,
Ford Foundation’s first
China Representative in Beijing and advisor to the Asia
Center at Harvard University.
Responded by
Professor Xijin
Jia, Visiting follow at
Hauser Center and Deputy Director of NGO Research Center at
Tsinghua University in China.
May 1, 2009
China’s Think
Tanks
James G.
McGann,
Director of Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program at
Foreign Policy Research Institute,
Assistant Director of the International Relations Program
at the University of Pennsylvania.
Responded by
Xufeng
Zhu, Visiting Scholar,
Harvard Yenching Institute; Associate professor from Nankai
University of China
Xijin
Jia, Visiting Fellow,
Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations at Harvard
University.
Associate Professor, and Deputy Director of NGO Center at
Tsinghua University of China
May 4, 2009
Media
as a Venue for Civil Participation in
China
1:00 - 2:20 PM
Brown Bag
Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations
中文讨论组
Spring
2008 Events:
May 14, 2008
Future of
Nonprofits in China
Ailing
Zhuang, Founder, Shanghai NPO Development
Centre. H.David Brown, HKS; Prof.
William Alford, HLS;
Peter Geithner, Harvard-Yenching
Institute
