There are nearly 2,000 national social organizations in China. Among them, there are about 200 social organizations that use administrative establishment or career establishment and are funded by the state finance. Among these nearly 200 organizations, the All-China Federation of Trade Unions, the Communist Youth League and the All-China Women's Federation have special political status and extensive social influence. There is also 18 social group, whose political status is not as good as the above three social groups, but it is also quite special. They are: China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, China Association for Science and Technology, All-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese, Chinese Writers Association, china law society, Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, Council for the Promotion of International Trade, China Disabled Persons' Federation, Soong Ching Ling Foundation, China Journalists Association, All-China Taiwan Federation, Huangpu Military Academy Alumni Association, Foreign Affairs College, China Red Cross Society, China Workers' Ideological and Political Work Research Association, European and American Alumni Association, China Vocational Education Association and National Federation of Industry and Commerce.

Social organization refers to a social organization composed of certain people for a certain purpose. Such as religion, science and technology, culture, art, charity and other social mass organizations. In addition to a certain number of people, the establishment of social organizations needs to formulate articles of association and register with relevant authorities, and some must apply for permission according to law.

Social organization is an important part of political life in contemporary China. All social organizations in our country are quasi-official. The Regulations on the Administration of Registration of Social Organizations stipulates that the establishment of social organizations must submit the approval documents of the competent business department. The competent business department refers to the relevant departments of the people's governments at or above the county level and their authorized organizations. Social organizations are actually subordinate to the competent department of business. The social organization in China is a kind of social organization.

The real community should be a third-party organization independent of the government and the market. Therefore, a community organization that conforms to the logic of community development should be a highly autonomous organization, and its funds and leaders come from society. The institutional environment of the whole society is not conducive to cultivating such autonomous organizations, which requires improving the institutional environment. The economic system reform in the late 1970s led to important changes in the resource allocation system, and thus began a far-reaching social change. Therefore, the institutional environment for the development of associations has undergone fundamental changes, showing a situation that is conducive to the prosperity of autonomous associations: whether it is the macro-state-social relations or the micro-interest group diversification, whether it is the disintegration of the unit system or the strengthening of international exchanges, it has removed obstacles for the development of associations; Moreover, during this period, "free flowing resources" gradually formed, and "space for free activities" expanded day by day. The formation of these resources and spaces provided a realistic material basis for the rise of associations, which enabled the autonomous associations to develop rapidly in this period.