Legal governance of NGOs in China under Xi Jinping: Reinforcing divide and rule

IF 0.6 Q3 POLITICAL SCIENCE

Asian Journal of Political Science Pub Date : 2018-08-07 DOI:10.1080/02185377.2018.1506994

Heejin Han

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Abstract

ABSTRACT 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.

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2016年似乎标志着中国非营利领域的一个关键时刻，因为政府通过了包括《慈善法》在内的几部法律法规。本研究将这一发展作为管理非政府组织的法律制度的历史演变的一部分，并考虑这些最近的法律变化的背景。因此，本文旨在推断这对中国非政府组织治理的启示。然而，新的法律法规也表明，政府愿意对非政府组织采取更明确的分而治之的方式。一方面，政府的目标是积极将其认为有用和无害的非政府组织纳入日益制度化的社会治理和法治体系。另一方面，政府可能会对那些被其认定威胁到党国权威的人，采取断然拒绝和镇压的政策。

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