People In The Know

The season of the Two Sessions is here.With the annual session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference having already started, that of the National People's Congress will be opened on Saturday.One key task for the NPC deputies during the session, which lasts around ten days, is to review and amend a variety of laws that affect all aspects of people's lives.Among those laws is the draft Charity Law. Since being unveiled in October, this draft law has won wide-spread approval. It is considered not only as a guideline for the operation of charity organizations, but also an attempt to ensure transparency for the public, and much more.So what are the highlights of this draft law? What does it say about engaging more grassroots groups in charity? How can it be improved to better serve its goals? PIK speaks with Professor Karla Simon, Chair of the International Center for Charity Sector Law and Prof. Wang Chao, Associate Dean of the Tsinghua University Institute for Philanthro