Foreign NGOs · 01 Editorial guide
Foreign NGOs
Representative offices, temporary activities, professional supervisory units and ongoing compliance for foreign NGOs.
First job Identify whether the activity requires a representative office or temporary-activity filing.
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Key considerations
The first questions are about urgency, governance and preservation — before collection expands or interviews begin.
- Scope — Representative offices, temporary activities, professional supervisory units and ongoing compliance for foreign NGOs.
- Immediate task — Identify whether the activity requires a representative office or temporary-activity filing.
- Boundary — If another practice owns a distinct issue, use Related topics below rather than duplicating that analysis here.
Decision map
Keep the question bounded.
- Classify the China activityIdentify the overseas organization, proposed projects, duration, locations, China partners, personnel and funding before choosing a representative office or temporary-activity route.
- Build the sponsor and filing recordCollect overseas registration and governance documents, project plans, agreements, budgets, proposed professional supervisory unit and public-security communications.
- Match operations to the approved routeCheck activity scope, geography, duration, accounts, personnel and reporting obligations before fundraising, hiring or carrying out programmes in China.
Curated resources
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No canonical deep guide is assigned yet. Use this route for orientation and continue to local context or qualified counsel.
Helpful to prepare
Facts that make the next conversation clearer.
These items are orientation aids, not a legal requirement list.
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What to bring when you instruct
This topic route organises the national legal question. It does not decide rights, strategy, liability, approval outcome or procedural result on the facts. Use qualified PRC counsel where fact-specific advice or representation is required.
Local context
Add the city only when it changes implementation.
Add city or province context only when the responsible authority, court, registration practice, permit process or local implementation changes after the national route is identified.
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