Legal governance of NGOs in China under Xi Jinping

Reinforcing divide and rule

Bibliographic Data

ID6233552
AuthorsHeejin Han (0000-0002-5519-2236, Pukyong National University, corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume26
Issue3
Pages390-409
Publication date2018-09-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAsian Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0218-5377 • E-ISSN: 1750-7812
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/02185377.2018.1506994
OpenAlexW2885565264
LanguageEN
Citations received12
References cited39

The year 2016 seemed to mark a critical juncture in China's non-profit sector as the government passed several laws and regulations, including the Charity Law. This study examines this development as part of the historical evolution of legal regimes governing NGOs, and considers the contexts of these recent legal changes. By doing so, this paper aims to infer the implications for the governance of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in China. Compared to previous laws and regulations, those introduced by Xi Jinping's administration suggest the party-state's heightened willingness to acknowledge the numerical growth and diversification of NGOs and their contributions to Chinese society. However, the new laws and regulations also indicate the government's willingness to adopt a more explicit divide-and-rule approach to NGOs. On the one hand, the government aims to actively incorporate those NGOs that it considers useful and innocuous into an increasingly institutionalized system of social governance and rule of law. On the other, the government is likely to apply the policy of outright rejection and repression to those it identifies as threatening the party-state's authority

Business · China · Corporate governance · Diversification (marketing strategy · Economics · Government (linguistics · Law and economics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Rule of law · State (computer science · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · Law · Public Administration · Regional Development and Environment

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