In the July edition of the China Economic Review includes a piece on NGOs in China, and some of the regulatory issues that exist.  A topic we have covered before on a number of posts, regualtions in China have been in development for a number of years now, and for the last 3 they have been rumored to be coming out.

Many NGOs, domestic and foreign, find this situation to be difficult at times as one of the primary hurdles the lack of regulations introduce is the inability to fund raise… which in translates often into the inability to fund staff… which in turn translates into an inabliity to scale… which in turn translates into difficulties bidding for larger program.

All in all, I would say that the article presents a fairly accurate picture of the landscape, however if I could make one correction I would correct where I was quoted as saying I was frustrated by the process when I am in fact not.  It is a process we all are aware of, and work with.  sure at times it makes things more interesting, but that is not something I get frustrated with.

You can read the entire article here.