By Jerald A. Jacobs, Steven Basart1, David A. Livdahl, Wenjun Cai
06.21.18
Rep office registration and temporary activity filing under the new law2
Over 350 foreign NGO offices have been formally registered under the FNGO law, which took effect January 1, 2017. In addition, more than 637 temporary filings have been made. Certain FNGOs have registered more than one rep office or temporary activity filings.
A plurality of known FNGO rep offices are from North America, home to roughly 27 percent of all approved registered rep offices, followed by Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao (24 percent), and Europe (21 percent).
Li Ka Shing Foundation deregistered its rep office under the FNGO Law in February 2017, one month after it was transferred from the Ministry of Civil Affairs to the Ministry of Public Security (MPS). This action is the only known deregistration under the law up to now.
Geographically, a plurality of registrations were made in Beijing (36 percent, 127 rep offices), followed by Shanghai (23 percent, 83 rep offices).
Please note that the data presented here represents all types of FNGOs, including charities, foundations and other social groups. Trade associations and professional societies make up only a certain percentage of the total.
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