30 Years of Civil Society
A Book Review
Authors: Fu Tao
Date: 11 septembre 2009
Extract from ” in: China Development Brief, Nr. 41, 2009, S. 68-73, translated by Nora Sausmikat/Helen Zhang.“
Published by EU-China Civil Society Forum
URL: eu-china.net/web/cms/front_content.php?idcat=5&idart=1226&changelang=2
Fu Tao, editor of the China Development Brief, reviews two miscellanies on the development of the Chinese civil society during the past 30 years.
In 1978, China adopted the Reform and Opening Up policy. The year 2008, marked 30 years, of reshaping the Chinese society. The emerging civil society in China, one of profound changes, has now been carefully examined by researchers. The 30 years of the Chinese Civil Society (hereafter 30 Years) edited by The NGO Research Institute of Qinghua University, and The 2008 Blue Book on the Development of the Chinese Civil Society (hereafter Blue Book2), edited by the Civil Society Research Centre of Beijing University, are two masterpieces on the development over the 30 years, the current situation, and the future of the Chinese Civil Society.