Forum of International Development Studies, 24（Aug. 2003） －53－ Suggestions on Promoting the Nonprofit Sector in China

This article is a policy suggestion report on promoting the Non-Profit Sector in China. It aimed to promote the legislation environment and financial conditions for China’s NPOs. The article is composed of three sections, the first section explores the necessity for promoting China’s NPOs. The second section gives a legislation framework to promote and supervise China’s NPOs. The third section is based on above analysis, and gives some policy suggestions on solving the financial problem for NPO development. Key words Nonprofit Organizations（NPOs）, Non-Profit Sector, legislation framework, China Nonprofit Organizations（hereafter “NPOs”）in this article refer to the non-profit and non-governmental organizations, including social organization（shehui tuanti）defined by the General Principles of the Civil Law of the People’s Republic of China, religious bodies, private non-enterprise organizations（minban fei qiye danwei）defined by relevant administrative regulations, and other nonprofit and nongovernmental organizations without the qualification of a legal entity. All kinds of such nonprofit organizations constitute the nonprofit sector, which forms a