Report on the Development of China's Environmental Non-Governmental Organizations Source: China Environment News, April 28, 2006 China Environmental Protection Federation With the reform and development of my country's socialist democratic politics, non-governmental organizations from all walks of life have flourished and developed rapidly, and have become an important part of the government and enterprises. third party force.

Environmental non-governmental organizations, the most active among non-governmental organizations, have become an important force in promoting the development and progress of environmental protection in China and around the world.

In order to promote the healthy development of environmental non-governmental organizations, with the strong support of the State Environmental Protection Administration and the Ministry of Civil Affairs, from July to December 2005, the China Environmental Protection Federation organized and conducted the first nationwide "Survey and Research on the Current Situation of Environmental Non-Governmental Organizations in China"

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Development overview China's environmental non-governmental organizations have mainly gone through three stages: from 1978 to the early 1990s, China's environmental non-governmental organizations went through the birth and rise stage; from 1995 to the beginning of this century, they brought environmental protection work to communities and

At the beginning of this century, their activities gradually developed into organizing public participation in environmental protection, making suggestions for national environmental protection, carrying out social supervision, and safeguarding public environmental rights and interests. Environmental NGOs have entered a mature stage.

Environmental protection non-governmental organizations are non-profit organizations that aim at environmental protection, are not for profit, have no administrative power, and provide environmental public welfare services to the society.

The birth and rise stage of Chinese environmental non-governmental organizations: In May 1978, the Chinese Society of Environmental Science was established, which was the earliest environmental non-governmental organization initiated and established by a government department.

Subsequently, the Black-billed Gull Protection Association in Panjin City, Liaoning Province was registered and established in 1991, and "Friends of Nature" was established in Beijing in 1994. Since then, my country's environmental protection non-governmental organizations have been established one after another.

Stages of development of China's environmental non-governmental organizations: In 1995, the "Friends of Nature" organization launched an action to protect Yunnan golden monkeys and Tibetan antelopes. This was the first climax in the development of my country's environmental non-governmental organizations.

During this period, environmental non-governmental organizations started with the protection of species of public concern and launched a series of publicity activities, establishing a good public image of environmental non-governmental organizations.

In 1999, the "Beijing Global Village" cooperated with the Beijing Municipal Government and successfully conducted a green community pilot project. Chinese environmental non-governmental organizations began to enter the community, extending environmental protection work to the grassroots, and gradually became understood and accepted by the public.

The mature stage of China’s environmental non-governmental organizations: The “Nujiang Hydropower Dispute” in 2003 and the “26 Degree Air Conditioning” campaign in 2005 caused many environmental non-governmental organizations to unite and act to achieve consistent environmental and economic development goals.

China's environmental non-governmental organizations have moved from individual organizational actions in the early stages to an era of mutual cooperation.

The activities of environmental non-governmental organizations have also gradually developed from early environmental publicity and specific species protection to organizing public participation in environmental protection, making suggestions for national environmental protection, carrying out social supervision, safeguarding public environmental rights and interests, promoting sustainable development, and many other fields.

Basic information: There are currently 2,768 non-governmental environmental protection organizations in my country, with a total of 224,000 employees, including 69,000 full-time employees and 155,000 part-time employees.

Our country's environmental non-governmental organizations have significant characteristics such as a large number of young people, high academic levels, strong dedication, and wide influence.

About 80% are young people under the age of 30, more than 50% have a college degree or above, and 91.7% of volunteers participating in environmental protection activities do not receive any remuneration.

Types There are four types of environmental non-governmental organizations in my country.

The first is environmental non-governmental organizations initiated and established by government departments, such as the China Environmental Protection Federation, China Environmental Protection Foundation, China Environmental Culture Promotion Association, local environmental science societies, environmental protection industry associations, wildlife conservation associations, etc.; the second is spontaneously formed by the private sector

Environmental protection non-governmental organizations, such as Friends of Nature, Global Village, and other non-profit organizations engaged in environmental protection activities on a non-profit basis; third, student environmental protection societies and their coalitions, including environmental societies within schools, coalitions of multiple school environmental protection societies, etc.

; Fourth, the offices of international environmental non-governmental organizations in China.

Number As of the end of 2005, there were 2,768 various environmental protection non-governmental organizations in my country.

Among the existing organizations, there are 1,382 environmental non-governmental organizations initiated and established by government departments, accounting for 49.9%; 202 environmental non-governmental organizations formed spontaneously by the private sector, accounting for 7.3%; 1,116 student environmental protection societies and their consortiums, accounting for 40.3%;

There are 68 international environmental non-governmental organizations in China, accounting for 2.5%.

Geographical distribution: The distribution of my country's environmental protection civil society organizations is mainly concentrated in Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Chongqing and the eastern coastal areas; followed by Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan, Yunnan and other ecological resource-rich provinces; there are relatively few environmental protection civil organizations in other regions.

Institutions The overall institutional setup of my country's environmental protection non-governmental organizations is relatively sound.

85.8% of environmental non-governmental organizations implement a membership system. The member representative conference is the highest authority, and the council, standing council, chairman, etc. are elected through democratic elections.

In 2005, 97.7% of environmental non-governmental organizations held at least one council meeting.

88.4% of environmental non-governmental organizations have written charters.