Here are a few interesting things I found about my group’s country China’s nonprofit sector:

• Nonprofits were practically nonexistent before the 1980s, the majority began to appear in the mid-90s as a response to the government decreasing social service programs in order to create a more market based economy. In 2005, the nonprofit had risen to 150,000 from it only being 6,000 in 1999.
• China’s nonprofit sector’s biggest challenge in meeting the rising demands for social issues are due to the lack of business resources (management training and skills) and funding.
• Very little of China’s funding for charities actually come from China, 80% of their donations are from international corporations and organizations, compared to the US’s 5% international contributions.
• 85% of the available funds go towards the government affiliated nongovernmental organizations (NGO).