According to the NED Annual Report for 2015, the following US Government funds were allocated by the US Congress and dispersed by the NED for programs in China:

Advancing Citizen Priorities through Civil Society and Accountable Governance
International Republican Institute (IRI)
$825,000

To promote progress toward an accountable, representative, and inclusive political system in China, the organization will support independent non-governmental organizations and reform-minded individuals to foster civic engagement, promote capacity building, and incubate inclusive governance practices. Activities will include conducting town hall meetings, promoting participatory models for budget reform, partnering with an academic institution to host a forum, and establishing an electronic resource library.

Advocating for Chinese Civil Society
China Change
$61,000
To bring international attention, support, and recognition to Chinese rights defenders. The organization will highlight the perspectives of Chinese intellectuals and human rights activists through interviews, commentary, profiles, and news published on its website and disseminated via social media.

Bolstering Human Rights Activism and Rights Based Civil Society
Human Rights
$250,000
To support the work of Chinese human rights defenders to raise rights awareness, document abuses, and bolster rights based civil society. Civil society activists will be supported in developing their capacity in strategic planning, organizational development, and networking; and human rights defenders will receive training in how to cope with abusive practices, and raise awareness of significant human rights violations.

Bolstering Human Rights Activism and Rights Based Civil Society
Human Rights
Supplement: $20,000
To support the work of Chinese human rights defenders to raise rights awareness, document abuses, and bolster rights-based civil society advocacy. Civil society activists will be assisted in developing their capacity in strategic planning, organizational development, and networking; human rights defenders will be supported in their efforts to cope with abusive practices; and raise awareness of significant human rights violations.

Building Human Rights Advocacy Capacity and Empowering Civil Society
Human Rights
$520,000
To promote transparency, accountability, human rights, and access to justice in China. This project will foster cooperation among Chinese rights defenders and carry out a broad program of advocacy, capacity building, and support for human rights defense activities.

Building the Capacity of Civil Society
Accountability
$127,445
To improve the capacity of civil society organizations working on anti-discrimination issues in conducting legal and policy work, and to improve the capacity of women lawyers working on antidiscrimination and consumers’ rights cases. The organization will facilitate trainings for civil society in the use of public interest litigation and advocacy strategies and also support the development of civil society actors.

Circumventing Internet Censorship in China
China Digital Times, Inc.
$70,000
To strengthen the community of digital activists by creating strategies to circumvent the “Great Firewall” and by popularizing the use of anti-censorship tools and practices. The project will provide timely information on censorship developments and distribute anti-censorship technologies to civic-minded Chinese Internet users.

Combatting Censorship and Creating Channels for Free Expression
China Digital Times, Inc.
$490,000
To provide an open platform to access censored news, opinion, art, and commentary by Chinese citizens. The program will reintegrate censored political writing and social commentary into Chinese cyberspace and build a community of tech-savvy, politically aware Internet users. The group will also translate selected writings to give the international community access to uncensored Chinese opinions and political commentary.

Debating Democratic Reform
Democratic China, Inc.
$200,000
To provide a platform for debate and intellectual discourse on democratic movements and strategies for democratization in China. The organization will publish articles by academics, activists, students, and artists about current social and political issues. The group will also maintain space to develop the framework and influence of Charter ’08 and promote political reform.

Democracy and Independent Filmmaking
Freedom of Information
$60,000
To overcome censorship, raise human rights awareness, and document human rights violations. The organization will support the production of independent documentaries and human rights awareness-raising initiatives by civil society activists. The documentaries will serve to promote messages of democracy and government accountability.

Documenting Human Rights Abuses and Empowering Citizen Journalists
Freedom of Information
$50,000
To raise awareness about human rights violations through citizen journalism and art. The organization will document human rights abuses, with a focus on land rights violations and forced psychiatric institutionalization. The group will also work with grassroots journalists to conduct investigative reporting and write research reports, and will work to strengthen its network of grassroots activists, legal professionals, and journalists.

Education on Civil Society and Democratization
Democratic Ideas and Values
$125,000
To educate and train civil society activists on democratization and social movements and to provide a platform for youth to engage in discussion of democratic ideas, including tolerance, conflict resolution, and civil society activism. A multi-platform program will be provided for Chinese youth to learn about modern history and current events, comparative democratic development, and civil society initiatives.

Empowering Civil Society to Protect Rights
Asia Catalyst, Inc.
$160,000
To improve the operational capacity of Chinese NGOs and to advocate for human rights. The organization will support training programs for NGO staff and volunteers, including workshops on decision-making and internal governance processes; provide short-term consulting services for a variety of groups; work with selected organizations to build management skills; develop online tools accessible to the broader community of NGOs; and conduct advocacy in and out of China on important public health discrimination issues and concerns regarding administrative detention.

Empowering the Chinese Legal Community
Rule of Law
$105,000
To strengthen the capacity of China’s human rights legal community. The organization will support training and development of resources for human rights lawyers and support legal aid in selected cases. The organization will also support targeted domestic advocacy and undertake international advocacy to highlight the work of human rights lawyers and mobilize pressure to stop harassment and persecution targeted at human rights lawyers.

Enforcement of Labor Laws
Freedom of Association
$30,000
To build the capacity of civil society activists to promote enforcement of Chinese labor laws and regulations. The organization will conduct trainings and workshops on advocacy and enforcement of labor law and other legal rights, and will also file legal cases to help targeted groups of vulnerable workers.

Enhancing Access to Justice and Countering Impunity
Rule of Law
$65,000
To strengthen the rule of law and expand access to the legal system for disadvantaged groups. Underrepresented groups and underserved areas will receive legal assistance that addresses government abuses or failure to act to protect the rights of citizens. In addition, training will be provided for groups working to promote government accountability.

Environmental Rights: Civil Society and Government Accountability
Accountability
$150,000
To strengthen the capacity of environmental NGOs to conduct advocacy and build norms of environmental accountability. The organization will work with local partners on a variety of educational, research, public policy advocacy, outreach, and legal aid activities to address environmental concerns.

Fostering Interethnic and Interfaith Solidarity
Initiatives for China Inc.
$86,500
To foster trust and cooperation between different ethnic and religious groups. The organization will hold its eleventh annual Interethnic and Interfaith Conference to bring together prodemocracy activists from groups both inside and outside of China to share experiences and advocacy tools, and discuss current events and opportunities for cooperation.

Human Rights Monitoring and Advocacy for Ethnic Mongolians in China
Southern Mongolian Human Rights Information Center
$135,000
To advance the human rights of ethnic Mongolians living in the Inner Mongolian region of China. The center will report on the human rights conditions in Inner Mongolia and publish its findings and related news through its website, press releases, and its multi-language publication, Southern Mongolian Watch.

Monitoring Media Freedom
Freedom House
$45,000
To promote awareness among Chinese and Western stakeholders of information and media control by the government and potential responses to such control. The organization will produce the China Media Bulletin, a monthly publication in Chinese and English. The publication will provide target audiences with comprehensive information on censorship in China.

Promoting Democratic Policy Change
Rule of Law
$75,000
To encourage public discussion, transparency, and advocacy about China’s family planning policies. Research and reporting on the policies and practices of family planning agencies will be conducted, and legal assistance for victims and advocacy will be organized to advance respect for individual rights.

Promoting Democratic Values in China
Wei Jingsheng Foundation, Inc.
$68,100
To promote awareness among Chinese of democratic values and to inform the international community about the human rights situation in China. The organization will continue its outreach through its website, distribution of information in China, and frequent interviews with the international and Chinese press.

Promoting Media Freedom in China
International Federation of Journalists – Asia Pacific
$59,700
To protect press freedom in China and raise awareness of press freedom violations. The International Federation of Journalists -Asia will increase the capacity of journalists to report on political events and human rights by providing training in international standards and practices, as well as facilitating regional engagement in monitoring press freedom in China and distributing advocacy materials.

Promoting Respect for the Rule of Law
Rule of Law
$120,000
To strengthen the rule of law and ensure lawyers are equipped to engage effectively in protecting human rights. The organization will support legal training on combating torture and other abuses by police, as well as research and advocacy on criminal defense reforms. The project will also seek to strengthen legal networks interested in human rights issues.

Protecting Rural Property Rights
Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE)
$156,764
To protect rural property rights by informing residents of their rights and equipping them with the knowledge needed to protect these rights. The grantee’s partner will conduct one legal training workshop, six rights protection seminars, and an exchange program. Additionally, this project will establish two self-learning centers in select villages. The grantee will also provide logistical assistance and technical expertise on the issue of property rights.

Protecting the Rights of Chinese Private Entrepreneurs
Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE)
$132,115
To help Chinese private entrepreneurs protect their legal and property rights and to educate them on how best to defend their rights. The grant will support a local partner to conduct legal training workshops and rights protection forums, and will lay the foundation for a program designed to enable participants to share experience, expertise, and resources. The program will also provide the partner with technical assistance on strengthening the rule of law and creating local ecosystems of entrepreneurship.

Raising Democratic Awareness
Democratic Ideas and Values
$6,820
To foster an awareness of democratic development and democratic values, particularly among students and young adults. Relevant course materials will be translated and printed in accessible language that provides a comparative perspective on democratic development, ideas, and values for distribution.

Religious Freedom, Rights Defense and Rule of Law
Rule of Law
$48,000
To assist victims of religious persecution in defending their human rights and freedom of religion. The organization will support rule of law trainings and provide legal assistance directed at protecting religious freedom. The organization will also arrange for exchanges between Chinese civil society leaders and counterparts abroad on freedom of religion.

Strategic Support for Human Rights Lawyers
Rule of Law
$200,000
To strengthen the rule of law and protection of rights for human rights lawyers. The organization will provide assistance to lawyers to take on important cases concerning human rights. These cases will have the potential to strengthen the legal system, provide momentum for policy change, and highlight weaknesses in laws or their enforcement. The project will also work to build the capacity of lawyers through workshops.

Strengthening Labor Rights
Freedom of Association
$150,000
To strengthen labor rights and raise the capacity of workers to represent their interests. The organization will conduct in-depth research on labor issues, assist in worker trainings to provide information on labor rights and collective bargaining, and engage in related legal aid activities.

Strengthening Public Interest Law
Accountability
$140,000
To strengthen the rule of law, improve government accountability, expand the space for civil society to influence policies and laws, and to promote public participation and enhance the ability of vulnerable groups and consumers to protect their rights and interests. The organization will use its model of advocacy, strategic litigation, policy recommendations, and public outreach to protect citizens’ rights in the areas of consumer protection, discrimination against vulnerable social groups, and family planning.

Supporting Free Expression and Open Debate
Princeton China Initiative
$185,000
To provide a forum for free expression and to stimulate open debate on China’s international role. The organization will produce the online publication China in Perspective, which provides a platform for Chinese academics, journalists, and independent researchers to discuss issues related to comparative democratization, Chinese foreign policy, democratic movements, and nationalism. The organization will also convene a conference on the 60th anniversary of the start of the Cultural Revolution.

Supporting Human Rights Defenders
Human Rights
$25,000
To promote civil society development and human rights activism by providing support to human rights activists, political thinkers, and their families. Through coordination and collaboration with multiple networks, the organization will provide targeted and timely assistance to human rights activists facing harassment and arrest.

Worker Representative Training and Empowerment
Freedom of Association
$40,000
To cultivate and train a network of worker representatives to empower workers in their respective workplaces. The grantee will support a series of focused trainings for workers on trade union organizing theories, skills and strategies.

Worker Rights Awareness in China
Solidarity Center (SC)
$325,000
To strengthen the capacity of workers and their advocates to defend worker rights in China. The organization will continue to support grassroots workers and independent worker rights organizations’ efforts to promote strengthened worker rights and extend the rule of law to Chinese workers.

NED Grants in China in 2014

According to the NED Annual Report for 2014, the following US Government funds were allocated by the US Congress and dispersed by the NED for programs in China:

Asia Catalyst, Inc.
NGO Strengthening
$160,000
Empowering Civil Society to Protect the Right to Health
To improve Chinese NGOs’ operational capacity and to advocate for human rights in China. Asia Catalyst will organize training programs for NGO staff and volunteers, including workshops on decision-making and internal governance processes; provide short-term consulting services for a variety of groups; work with selected organizations to build management skills; develop online tools accessible to the broader community of NGOs; and conduct advocacy in and out of China on important public health discrimination issues and concerns regarding administrative detention.

Center for International Private Enterprise
Developing Market Economy
$156,244
Protecting Rural Property Rights
To improve rural residents’ understanding of property rights and to equip them with the knowledge needed to protect their rights. CIPE’s partner organization will conduct legal training workshops, rights protection seminars, and cross-village exchange programs, and will establish five self-learning centers in selected villages. CIPE will provide logistical assistance to the partner organization with materials and other resources relevant to rural property rights, as well as provide input on the workshop content.

Center for International Private Enterprise
Accountability
$173,399
Enabling Free & Open Debate
To provide opportunities for free and open public debate, to improve public awareness of the political development process, and to cultivate public consensus on China’s reforms. CIPE will continue its series of weekly discussion forums at which current events, political issues, and reform agendas are openly and freely discussed at local venues open to the public. CIPE and its local partner will also analyze democratic transitions throughout the world, with an emphasis on European countries, and apply those lessons to the Chinese context.

Center for International Private Enterprise
Accountability
$188,023
Improving Local Governance & Promoting Public Policy Dialogue
To encourage better local governance, and to promote free and open public debate about political issues and reform agendas. CIPE will work with a partner organization to rank various provinces on the quality of local governance. CIPE will also support its partner organization in hosting discussion forums on public policy and current events.

China Change
Freedom of Information
$55,000
Informing the World about China’s Human Rights Defenders
To bring attention, support, and recognition to Chinese rights defenders. The organization will highlight the perspectives of Chinese liberal intellectuals, dissidents, and human rights activists through interviews, commentary, and profiles published on its website, China Change and disseminated via social media.

China Digital Times, Inc.
Freedom of Information
$300,000
Researching and Circumventing Internet Censorship in China
To counter Chinese Internet censorship and strengthen the community of digital activists. China Digital Times will provide information on censored content and make available censorship-resistant technologies to politically active Chinese Internet users.

Democratic China, Inc.
Democratic Ideas and Values
$200,000
Democratic China: An Online Magazine Focusing on Political Theory and Democratic Development
To stimulate uncensored debate and discussion among Chinese scholars, students, professionals, and dissidents about how to facilitate the peaceful reform of China into a more open, pluralistic, and democratic society. Democratic China, Inc. will produce its online magazine Democratic China and provide assistance to activists experiencing difficulties because of their democracy work.

Independent Chinese PEN Center
Freedom of Information
$170,000
Defending Freedom of Expression
To promote freedom of expression and strengthen the commitment of writers and independent intellectuals to democratic principles. The Independent Chinese PEN Center will provide a platform to counter censorship by publishing works by banned writers, and organize domestic and international advocacy campaigns on behalf of imprisoned writers and journalists.

Independent Chinese PEN Center
Freedom of Information
$100,000
Defending Freedom of Expression in China
To promote freedom of expression by amplifying independent voices defending civil liberties from within China. The Independent Chinese PEN Center will publish works by banned writers to counter censorship and organizing domestic and international advocacy campaigns on behalf of imprisoned writers and journalists.

Initiatives for China Inc.
Conflict Resolution
$85,000
Promoting Inter-ethnic Understanding and Democratic Values
To promote inter-ethnic understanding, mutual trust, and cooperation among pro-democracy activists from different ethnic groups in China. Initiatives for China will organize an inter-ethnic conference and coordinate the dissemination of information focused on conflict resolution, democratic development, human rights, and religious freedom.

International Federation of Journalists – Asia Pacific
Freedom of Information
$45,000
Promoting Media Freedom in China and Hong Kong
To strengthen the capacity of journalists to advance press freedom in China. IFJ will provide training in international standards and practices, facilitate regional engagement in monitoring press freedom in China, and distribute print and electronic reports and newsletters.

International Republican Institute
Democratic Ideas and Values
$1,300,000
Expanding Accountability, Representation, and Inclusivity
To promote the steady movement toward a more accountable, representative, and inclusive political system in China, IRI will support independent non-government organizations and reform-minded individuals to strengthen political participation, gender awareness, rights protection, and representative policies. Activities will include training independent candidates for local elective office, supporting marginalized communities’ awareness of their legal rights, encouraging political participation and civic input in decision-making, and assisting a vibrant Chinese civil society that advocates for citizen needs.

Princeton China Initiative
Freedom of Information
$205,000
Supporting Free Expression and Open Debate for Chinese Democracy
To provide an effective forum for free expression and to stimulate liberal debate on China’s international role. Princeton China Initiative will publish China in Perspective Magazine, which provides a platform for Chinese writers to discuss issues related to comparative democratization, Chinese foreign policy, responsible international behavior, and nationalism.

Reporters Without Borders
Freedom of Information
$95,000
Supporting Freedom of Information in China
To improve the ability of professional journalists and citizen-journalists to gather, analyze, and distribute news and information in China. Reporters Without Borders will organize trainings, manage information networks, and provide targeted assistance to reporters under pressure.

Solidarity Center
Freedom of Association
$319,000
Worker Rights Awareness
To strengthen the capacity of workers and their advocates to defend worker rights in China. The Solidarity Center will continue to support efforts of grassroots workers and independent worker rights organizations to promote labor law enforcement and advocate for strengthened worker rights and remedies.

Southern Mongolian Human Rights Information Center
Human Rights
$145,000
Human Rights Monitoring and Advocacy for Ethnic Mongolians in China
To advance the human rights of ethnic Mongolians living in the Inner Mongolian region of China. The Southern Mongolian Human Rights Information Center will report on the human rights conditions in the Inner Mongolia, through its website and its multi-language publication, Southern Mongolian Watch.

Wei Jingsheng Foundation, Inc.
Democratic Ideas and Values
$68,100
Promoting Democratic Values in China
To provide awareness among Chinese of democratic values and to inform the international community about the human rights situation in China. The Foundation will continue its outreach through its website, distribution of information inside China, and frequent interviews with the international and Chinese press.

Accountability
$100,000
Strengthening Citizen Advocacy on the Environment
To enhance public awareness of legal rights and to help build norms of government accountability related to environmental issues. The organization will work with local partners on a variety of educational, research, public policy advocacy, outreach, and legal aid activities.

Accountability
$40,000
Promoting Public Participation
To promote accountability and public participation in China. The organization will create a training handbook and conduct a series of workshops for civil society activists on the principles of democratic public participation and how to use civic mechanisms such as utilizing open government information laws, pursuing public-interest issues through the courts, and holding hearings. Participants will organize educational seminars for their communities and form a civic action network.

Democratic Ideas and Values
$89,000
Education on Civil Society and Democratization
To educate and train civil society activists on democratization and social movements and to provide a platform for youth on the exchange of democratic ideas, including tolerance, conflict resolution, and civil society activism. The organization will provide multi-media material and interactive forums, delivered on a variety of digital devices as well as in traditional settings, for Chinese youth to learn about recent history and current events, comparative democratic development, and civil society initiatives.

Freedom of Association
$110,000
Strengthening Labor Rights in China
To promote labor rights and government accountability. The organization will conduct in-depth research on labor issues, disseminate a variety of research and educational publications, and engage in related legal aid and advocacy activities.

Freedom of Association
$50,000
Documentaries on Government Policy Abuses
To project censored voices and support independent documentation and awareness-raising initiatives to counter rights abuses enabled by flawed policies and laws, lapses in due process, and lack of accountability.

Human Rights
$50,000
Empowering Citizen Journalists
To document and report on human rights violations, and to increase the capacity of citizen journalists to cover stories objectively. The organization will conduct investigations, interview victims, and publicize its findings through reports, open letters, and the use of the arts. The organization will also train citizen journalists in reporting and editing skills.

Human Rights
$15,500
Supporting Human Rights Activists in China
To promote human rights activism by supporting and encouraging emerging human rights defenders. The organization will provide targeted and timely assistance to human rights activists facing harassment and arrest.

Human Rights
$200,000
Protecting and Supporting Chinese Human Rights Activists
To support the work of Chinese human rights defenders. The organization will work with civil society activists to develop their capacity to raise awareness of citizen rights under the law and the Constitution, to monitor and document abuses, and to carry out their work in light of best practices in rights advocacy.

Human Rights
$45,000
Promoting Awareness of Human Rights
To promote awareness about human rights. The organization will organize a variety of seminars and publish an electronic magazine aimed at educating future Chinese activists about human rights.

Human Rights
$520,000
Building Human Rights Advocacy Capacity and Empowering Chinese Civil Society
To promote transparency, accountability, effective change, and access to justice in China. This project will foster cooperation among Chinese rights defenders and carry out a broad program of advocacy, capacity building, and support for human rights defense activities.

NGO Strengthing
$50,000
Promoting Women’s Legal Rights and Participation in Civil Society
To promote women’s rights and participation in civil society. The organization will build coalitions and provide training for female activists from various sectors of Chinese civil society, conduct research and documentation, and raise awareness on women’s rights issues, particularly via social media.

NGO Strengthing
$70,000
Supporting Emerging Civil Society Networks
To build the capacity of rights-focused civil society organizations. The organization will provide activists with training in skills and knowledge related to civic participation and rights defense, ongoing project implementation advice, networking and information exchange opportunities, and strategic planning assistance.

Rule of Law
$50,000
Supporting Checks and Balances on Government Power
To promote the rule of law and the development of public interest law in China. The organization will improve access to law in underserved communities by providing expertise and assistance to lawyers and citizen representatives. As part of the project, staff will compile relevant legal documents and case histories, to serve as the basis for future research.

Rule of Law
$180,000
Strengthening Public Interest Law and Rights Protection in China
To strengthen the rule of law, improve government accountability, and expand the space for civil society to influence public policy; and to promote public participation and enhance the ability of vulnerable groups and consumers to protect their rights and interests. The organization will use advocacy, strategic litigation, policy recommendation, and public mobilization to protect citizens’ rights in the areas of consumer protection, discrimination against vulnerable social groups, and family planning.

Rule of Law
$65,000
Promoting Democratic Policy Change in China
To encourage greater public discussion, transparency, and advocacy regarding Chinese government policies impacting family planning. The organization will work to protect individual rights through research, providing legal assistance, and bringing together an advocacy working group.

Rule of Law
$120,000
Promoting Respect for the Rule of Law and an End to Torture
To strengthen the rule of law and combat torture. The organization will provide legal training on combating torture and support case work and research on criminal defense reforms.

Rule of Law
$48,000
Religious Freedom, Rights Defense and Rule of Law in China
To promote religious freedom in China. The organization will support a series of rule of law trainings and provide legal assistance directed at protecting religious freedom.

Rule of Law
$105,000
Empowering the Chinese Legal Community
To strengthen the capacity of China’s rights defense legal community. The organization will provide training and resources for the rights defense legal community and support legal aid in selected cases. The organization will also undertake targeted domestic and international advocacy to highlight the work of rights-defense lawyers and mobilize pressure to stop harassment and persecution targeted at them.

Rule of Law
Supplement: $60,000
To empower citizen lawyers to promote justice and rule of law in their local areas. The organization will assist a network of human rights activists to conduct trainings on legal education and conduct casework in defense of basic civil liberties and citizens’ rights.

Rule of Law
$185,000
Support for Human Rights Lawyers
To strengthen the rule of law through support for human rights lawyers and other advocates. The organization will provide legal aid on cases with the potential to strengthen the legal system, illustrate the need for policy change, influence implementation of laws, or highlight otherwise unknown weaknesses in laws or their enforcement. The organization will also organize exchange workshops for Chinese lawyers.

NED Grants in China in 2013

According to the NED Annual Report for 2013, the following US Government funds were allocated by the US Congress and dispersed by the NED for programs in China:

Asia Catalyst, Inc.
$150,000
Supporting Grassroots Health Rights Advocacy
To improve Chinese NGOs' operational capacity and to advocate for human rights in China. Asia Catalyst will organize training programs for NGO staff and volunteers, including workshops on decision-making and other internal governance processes, provide short-term consulting services for a variety of groups, work with selected organizations to build management skills, develop online tools accessible to the broader community of NGOs, and conduct advocacy inside and outside China on important public health discrimination issues and concerns regarding administrative detention.

Center for International Private Enterprise
$141,436
Enabling Free and Open Debate
To provide opportunities for free and open public debate in China. CIPE will continue its series of weekly discussion forums at which current events, political issues, and reform agendas are discussed at venues open to the public. CIPE and its partner will also analyze the democratic transitions of several East European countries and apply those lessons to the Chinese context in a research and policy paper.

Center for International Private Enterprise
$146,492
Protecting Rural Land-Use Rights
To protect rural land-use rights by improving rural residents' understanding of land-use rights and to equip them with the knowledge needed to protect these rights. CIPE and its partner will organize legal training programs and peer-to-peer learning among villagers. This project will build on work during the previous year to expand the project to additional localities.

Center for International Private Enterprise
$147,304
Protecting Women's Property Rights
To educate rural women on gender equality, land rights, and protection of their rights; to improve village-level policy; and to raise awareness of women's legal land rights among government officials. In support of this objective, CIPE and its partner will carry out train-the-trainer workshops and legal training workshops for rural women and government officials.

Center for International Private Enterprise
$126,056
Improving Transparency in Local Governments
To raise awareness among businesses, citizens and civil society groups of existing regulations on government information disclosure. CIPE and its partner will promote free and open public debate about current events, political issues and reform agendas in China. This project proposes a multi-faceted approach to raising public awareness of China's open government information regulations, with the long-term aim of promoting transparency and accountability in the Chinese public sector.

China Aid Association, Inc.
$90,000
Religious Freedom, Rights Defense and Rule of Law in China
To promote religious freedom in China. China Aid Association will publish a biannual journal and maintain an online resource of materials on human rights abuses suffered by religious believers. The organization will also support legal aid and advocacy directed at protecting religious freedom.

China Digital Times, Inc.
$402,700
Empowering Citizen Media
To promote media freedom and civic engagement via the Internet in China. China Digital Times will publish aggregated content that has been censored or blocked in Chinese cyberspace to amplify suppressed voices on democratic values and institutions, reveal the mechanisms of state censorship, and create online tools for citizen journalism.

China Human Rights Lawyers Concern Group Limited
$140,000
Supporting Human Rights Lawyers in China
To strengthen the rule of law in China through support for human rights lawyers and other advocates who seek to enforce elements of China's Constitution. China Human Rights Lawyers Concern Group (CHRLCG) will provide legal aid on cases with the potential to strengthen the legal system, provide justification for policy change, influence implementation of laws, or highlight otherwise unknown weaknesses in laws or their enforcement. CHRLCG will also organize exchange workshops for Chinese lawyers.

China Labor Watch, Inc.
$90,000
Legal Aid and Workers' Hotline
To promote labor rights and government and corporate accountability. China Labor Watch will conduct in-depth research on labor issues, disseminate a variety of research and educational publications, and engage in related legal aid and advocacy activities.

Democratic China, Inc.
$224,000
Electronic Magazine for Democratic Debate
To provide a platform to promote freedom of expression in mainland China. Democratic China will provide an online forum to stimulate debate and discussion among Chinese scholars, students, professionals, and dissidents about how to best facilitate the peaceful reform of China into a more open, pluralistic, and democratic society.

Human Rights in China, Inc.
$145,000
Raising Awareness and Support for Human Rights in China
To expand and diversify online platforms for disseminating the viewpoint of Chinese rights defenders and raise awareness of human rights conditions in China. HRIC will publish Shuangzhoukan, a Chinese-language e-journal that provides reporting and analysis from contributors predominantly in China, and China Rights Forum, HRIC's bilingual publication that provides information and resources, and acts as a bridge to an international audience for Chinese voices.

Independent Chinese PEN Center
$100,000
Defending Freedom of Expression
To promote freedom of expression by amplifying independent voices defending civil liberties from within China. The Independent Chinese PEN Center will publish works by banned writers to counter censorship and organize domestic and international advocacy campaigns on behalf of imprisoned writers and journalists.

Initiatives for China Inc.
$105,000
Promoting Inter-ethnic Understanding and Democratic Values
To promote inter-ethnic understanding, mutual trust, and cooperation among pro-democracy activists from different ethnic groups in China. Initiatives for China will organize an inter-ethnic conference and coordinate the dissemination of information focused on conflict resolution, democratic development, human rights, and religious freedom.

International Federation of Journalists – Asia Pacific
$50,000
Promoting Media Freedom in Mainland and Hong Kong
To strengthen the capacity of journalists to advance press freedom in China. IFJ will provide training in international standards and practices, facilitate regional engagement in monitoring press freedom in China, and distribute print and electronic reports and newsletters.

International Republican Institute
$1,059,925
Strengthening Civil Society and Building Accountable Governance
To support efforts to improve accountability in China. IRI will empower reformers to better understand and assess political reforms, as well as strengthen the institutional capacity of civil society organizations, enabling groups to expand their networks and increase the scope of successful advocacy and training models promoting political reform in China.

Princeton China Initiative
$100,000
China in Perspective Magazine
To provide an effective forum for free expression and to stimulate liberal debate on China's international role. Princeton China Initiative will publish China in Perspective Magazine, which provides a platform for Chinese writers to discuss issues related to comparative democratization, Chinese foreign policy, responsible international behavior, and nationalism.

Princeton China Initiative
$15,000
Civic Engagement on Political Reform (Supplement to China in Perspective Magazine)
To foster citizen debate and participation in China’s democratic transition. Princeton China Initiative will support a conference to explore civil society’s role in political reform on the eve of the Party power handover. Participants will include prominent Chinese intellectuals, opinion leaders, and media experts who are banned from such civic engagement in China.

Solidarity Center
$254,500
Worker Rights Awareness
To strengthen the capacity of workers and worker rights activists, academics, and practitioners to defend worker rights. The Solidarity Center will continue to support efforts of grassroots organizations and activists to raise workers' awareness of labor rights and to strengthen labor law enforcement, and to link the provision of legal services to aggrieved workers with broader campaigns to promote reform and institutional changes.

Southern Mongolian Human Rights Information Center
$90,000
Human Rights Monitoring and Advocacy for Southern Mongolia
To advance the human rights of ethnic Mongols living in the Southern Mongolia region of China. SMHRIC will report on the human rights conditions in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, also known as Southern Mongolia, through its website and its English- and Mongolian-language electronic publication, Southern Mongolian Watch.


The Rights Practice U.S., Inc.
$109,700
Promoting Respect for the Rule of Law and an End to Torture
To promote the rule of law and the development of public interest law in China. The organization will provide legal training on combating torture, conduct research regarding criminal defense reforms, and promote improvements in respect for due process in relation to the application of criminal justice procedures.

Wei Jingsheng Foundation, Inc.
$54,300
Promoting Worker Rights Awareness
To promote awareness among Chinese workers of their rights and to inform the international community on the labor rights situation in China. The Foundation will continue its outreach through its website, distribution of information inside China, and frequent interviews with the international and Chinese press.

Accountability

$100,000
Strengthening Access to Information and Environmental Advocacy
To enhance the public awareness of legal rights and to help build norms of government accountability related to environmental issues. The organization will work with local partners on a variety of educational, research, public policy advocacy, outreach, and legal aid activities.

Democratic Values and Ideas

$49,000
Youth Education on Civil Society and Democratization
To provide a platform for the exchange of democratic ideas among youth, including tolerance, conflict resolution, and civil society activism. The organization will offer a multi-platform program for Chinese youth to learn about censored recent history and current events, comparative democratic development, and civil society initiatives for youth participation.

Human Rights

$65,000
Protection for China's Human Rights Activists
To provide accurate and objective information about the human rights situation in China and to support the work of human rights defenders, The organization will work with civil society activists to develop their capacity to raise rights awareness, document abuses, and adopt best practices in rights advocacy.

$20,000
Minority Rights: Documenting and Advancing LGBT Rights
To promote protection of the human rights of marginalized communities in China. The organization will produce two reports and conduct advocacy on equal treatment of Chinese lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals and strategies to advance respect for their fundamental human rights.

$41,000
Promoting Awareness of Human Rights
To promote awareness about human rights. The organization will organize lectures and seminars and publish materials aimed at educating future Chinese activists about human rights. The organization will target universities and junior staff of organizations working on issues related to human rights.

$40,000
Legal Redress for Rights Violations
To inform citizens about ongoing human rights abuses affecting their communities and how they can obtain legal redress under China’s constitution. The organization will investigate, verify and disseminate human rights violation reports, and inform communities about legal mechanisms to enforce their rights.

$490,000
Rights Protection for Institutional Change
To promote transparency, accountability, and access to justice in China. The organization will help increase citizens’ capacity to advocate for their rights and address legislative and structural barriers to rights protection by promoting effective broad-based advocacy, building consensus and deliberative capacity, and sharing information and best practices.

NGO Strengthening

$54,000
Best Practices for Nascent Civil Society Organizations
To promote sustainable community leadership and citizen participation in China. The organization will share best practices and international norms with civil society groups to enable them to provide policy input and uphold the rule of law.

$65,000
Capacity Building for NGOs
To enhance information exchange, improve coordination, build capacity, and promote solidarity amonggrassroots NGOs, as well as strengthen their capacity to protect their rights. The group will organize several meetings to bring NGOs together to coordinate collective efforts.

Rule of Law

$190,000
Strengthening Public Interest Law and Rights Protection in China
To strengthen the rule of law and assist vulnerable social groups in protecting their rights. The organization will provide legal aid, hold lectures and seminars, support the training of young activists, conduct research and advocacy, operate a rights assistance hotline, and maintain a website focusing on public interest law.

$50,000
Supporting Checks and Balances on Unlawful Government Behavior
To promote the rule of law and the development of public interest law in China. The organization will improve access to law in underserved communities by providing expertise and assistance to lawyers and citizen representatives.

NED Grants in China in 2012

According to the NED Annual Report for 2012, the following US Government funds were allocated by the US Congress and dispersed by the NED for programs in China:

Accountability
$130,000
To enhance the public’s awareness of their legal rights and to help build norms of government accountability in relation to environmental issues. The organization will work with local partners on a variety of educational, research, public policy advocacy, outreach, and legal aid activities.
American Center for International Labor Solidarity
$276,580
To build the capacity of workers and their advocates to advance worker rights in China. The Solidarity Center will collaborate with a range of advocates to advance worker rights through worker education and empowerment, strategic litigation, research and advocacy, and exchanges between Chinese and foreign labor scholars and activists.
Asia Catalyst
$172,000
To improve Chinese NGOs' operational capacity and to advocate for human rights in China. Asia Catalyst will organize training programs for NGO staff and volunteers, including workshops on decision making and other internal governance processes, provide intensive short-term consulting services for a variety of groups, work on a long-term basis with selected organizations to build management skills, develop online tools accessible to the broader community of NGOs, and conduct advocacy inside and outside China on human rights and the HIV/AIDS crisis.
Celeluck Company, Ltd.
$42,000
To promote free discussion and analysis of current events and political issues in China. Celeluck will continue to issue its monthly periodical, Open Magazine, known for its exposés and timely analysis of trends and newsworthy events in China.
Center for International Private Enterprise
$137,527
To educate rural women about gender equality, legal knowledge of land rights, and how to protect their rights. CIPE will work with its partner to conduct training workshops, roundtable discussions, and a train-the-trainers workshop. CIPE will also assist its partner to publish a legal land rights report and distribute 3,000 copies of the report to female ethnic minority groups. This initiative proposes a multi-faceted approach to empower rural women and educate them on land rights in China.
Center for International Private Enterprise
$232,339
To encourage better local governance, and promote free and open public debate about current events, political issues, and reform agendas in China. Unirule will rank China's 30 provincial capitals based on the results of household surveys and media coverage on quality of local governance. Unirule will also continue its bi-weekly series of discussions on public policy, reform issues, and current events in China.
Center for International Private Enterprise
$132,034
To provide opportunities for free and open public debate in China, CIPE will continue its series of weekly discussion forums at which current events, political issues, and reform agendas are openly and freely discussed at venues open to the public.
China Digital Times
$434,868
To promote media freedom and civic engagement via the Internet in China. China Digital Times will bring together specialists in Internet technology to exchange information and create online tools that can be used by ordinary Chinese citizens, journalists and social activists for "citizen journalism" and civic-oriented, open communication.
China Human Rights Lawyers Concern Group
$140,000
To strengthen the rule of law in China through support for human rights lawyers and other advocates who seek to enforce China's Constitution. CHRLCG will provide legal aid on cases with the potential to strengthen the legal system, provide support for policy change, influence implementation of laws, or highlight otherwise unknown weaknesses in laws or their enforcement. CHRLCG will also organize exchange workshops for Chinese lawyers.
China Labor Watch
$90,000
To promote labor rights and government accountability. China Labor Watch will conduct in-depth research on labor issues, disseminate a variety of research and educational publications, and engage in related legal aid and advocacy activities.
Civic Education
$40,352
To strengthen Chinese civil society and promote awareness about human rights. The organization will organize lectures and seminars and publish a variety of materials aimed at connecting human rights activists with one another and educating potential Chinese activists about human rights and the fundamentals of sustainable organizational development.
Democratic China, Inc.
$224,000
To promote well-informed and uncensored dialogue on issues relevant to China's political development. The grantee will publish the online Chinese-language magazine Minzhu Zhongguo (Democratic China), which carries news and analysis by authors inside and outside of China regarding current affairs, culture, history, and international relations.
Democratic Ideas and Values
$45,000
To provide a platform for the exchange of democratic ideas among youth, including nonpartisan political participation, conflict resolution, and civil society capacity-building.
Freedom Of Association
$65,000
To enhance information exchange, improve coordination, foster mutual assistance, and promote solidarity among Chinese NGOs, as well as to strengthen the capacity of NGOs to protect their rights. The group will organize several meetings to bring NGOs together to coordinate collective efforts.
Human Rights
$180,000
To promote accountability and human rights in the health sector in China. The work of the organization will include legal aid, investigative reporting, community participation training, and human rights documentation related to health.
Human Rights
$100,000
To promote religious freedom in China. The organization will publish a biannual journal and maintain an online resource of materials on human rights abuses suffered by religious believers. The organization will also fund rule of law projects directed at protecting religious freedom.
Human Rights in China, Inc.
$160,000
To disseminate information on and raise awareness of human rights conditions in China. HRIC will work with domestic Chinese and international contacts to ensure full coverage of the human rights situation in China. HRIC will also publish Shuangzhoukan, a Chinese-language e-journal that provides reporting and analysis from authors in China, and China Rights Forum, HRIC's bi-lingual flagship publication that provides information and analysis on human rights in China.
Independent Chinese PEN Centre
$170,000
To promote freedom of expression as a crucial element of a healthy and vibrant civil society and to work towards becoming a strong, independent voice defending civil liberties from within China. The Independent Chinese PEN Centre will support and strengthen the commitment among intellectuals, writers, and readers in China to defend freedom of expression.
Initiatives for China
$75,000
To promote interethnic understanding, mutual trust, and cooperation among pro-democracy activists from different ethnic groups in China. Initiatives for China will organize an inter-ethnic conference featuring conflict resolution workshops and panel discussions on democracy, human rights, and religious freedom.
International Federation of Journalists - Asia Pacific
$49,910
To strengthen the capacity of journalists to advance press freedom in China. IFJ will provide training in international standards and practices, facilitate regional engagement in monitoring press freedom in China, and distribute print and electronic reports and newsletters.
International Republican Institute
$1,300,000
To contribute to steady progress toward a more accountable political system in China. IRI will build the capacity of civil society organizations to become functional, sustainable and independent institutions, and also empower reformers to understand and assess electoral processes, implement land rights and budget reform models, and promote rights awareness to marginalized communities.
NGO Strengthening
$40,000
To promote democratic concepts and organizational development in Chinese society. The project will conduct trainings to improve the organizational capacity of Chinese civil society groups, and will also research and submit a detailed report as part of the Universal Periodic Review process of the U.N. Human Rights Council.
Princeton China Initiative
$69,100
To facilitate the process of democratic transition in China. The Princeton China Initiative will train NGO and community leaders in democratic ideas and values, including cultivating tolerance and diversity, and building democratic norms for civil society organizations.
Princeton China Initiative
$490,000
To promote human rights in China. The Princeton China Initiative will carry out a broad program of support for human rights projects to enhance transparency, accountability, legal knowledge, and access to justice.
Princeton China Initiative
$190,150
To provide an effective forum for free expression and to stimulate liberal debate on China's international role. The Princeton China Initiative will publish China in Perspective Magazine, which provides a platform for Chinese writers to discuss issues related to comparative democratization, Chinese foreign policy, responsible international behavior, and nationalism.
Rule of Law
$130,000
To promote the rule of law and the development of public interest law in China. The organization will provide legal training on combating torture, conduct research regarding criminal defense reforms, and promote improvements in respect for due process in relation to the application of criminal justice procedures.
Rule of Law
$170,000
To strengthen the rule of law and assist vulnerable social groups in protecting their rights. The project will provide legal aid, hold lectures and seminars, support the training of young activists, conduct research and advocacy, operate a rights assistance hotline, and maintain a website on public interest law.
Rule of Law
$30,000
To improve rule of law in China, the project will publish reliable and detailed information about the legal system to help communities share best practices and improve the implementation of key laws related to individual rights in various regions.
Rule of Law
$35,000
To promote the rule of law and the development of public interest law in China, the organization will improve access to law in underserved communities.
Rule of Law
$70,000
To improve the implementation of law in China and to help raise awareness of citizens’ and officials’ legal rights and responsibilities. The project will raise legal rights awareness and provide legal aid in select administrative and criminal cases.
Southern Mongolian Human Rights Information Center
$130,000
To advance the human rights of ethnic Mongols living in the Southern Mongolia region of China. SMHRIC will report on the human rights conditions in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, also known as Southern Mongolia, through its website and its English- and Mongolian-language electronic publication, Southern Mongolian Watch.
Wei Jingsheng Foundation
$54,300
To promote awareness among Chinese workers of their rights and to inform the international community about the labor rights situation in China. The Foundation will continue its outreach through its website, distribution of information inside China, and frequent interviews with the international and Chinese press.

NED Grants in China in 2011

According to the NED Annual Report for 2011, the following US Government funds were allocated by the US Congress and dispersed by the NED for programs in China:

American Center for International Labor Solidarity
$296,287
To strengthen workers and their advocates' ability to advance worker rights and labor law enforcement. The Solidarity Center will support a range of worker rights advocates to educate and empower workers to protect their rights. The Center's partners will also promote awareness of worker rights through labor rights litigation, research and advocacy initiatives and the development of materials on democratic trade unions and collective bargaining.
Asia Catalyst, Inc.
$200,000
To improve Chinese NGOs' operational capacity and advocate for Chinese human rights. Asia Catalyst will organize training programs for NGO staff and volunteers, including workshops on decision-making and other internal governance processes, provide short-term consulting services for a variety of groups, work with selected organizations to build management skills, develop online tools accessible to the broader community of NGOs, and conduct advocacy inside and outside China on the HIV/AIDS crisis.

Celeluck Company, Ltd.
$42,000
To promote free discussion and analysis of current events and political issues in China. Celeluck will continue to issue its monthly periodical, Open Magazine, known for its exposés and timely analysis of trends and newsworthy events in China.
Center for International Private Enterprise
$148,658
To protect rural land rights by improving rural residents' understanding and to equip them with the knowledge needed to protect these rights. Through legal training programs and cross-village exchange programs, CIPE and its partner will work with village committees and farmers associations to raise awareness of land rights and the means of protecting them.
Center for International Private Enterprise
$89,034
To raise awareness among businesses, citizens and civil society groups of existing regulations on government information disclosure. CIPE and Unirule will promote free and open public debate about current events, political issues and reform agendas in China. This project proposes a multi-faceted approach to raising public awareness of China's Open Government Information regulations, with the long-term aim of promoting transparency and accountability in the Chinese public sector.
Center for International Private Enterprise
$3,322
To provide opportunities for free and open public debate about current events, political issues, and reform agendas in China and to raise public awareness of the government's distortion of the country's banking sector and its negative impact on private enterprise and the public. CIPE will continue supporting TSE's weekly series of discussion forums at which policy issues and current events can be openly debated.

China Free Press
$220,000
To provide support and a forum for human rights defenders to document and expose China's human rights situation in a timely manner, and to serve as a resource for Chinese websites and bloggers so as to expand the space for free expression of political and social viewpoints in China. China Free Press will host banned and censored Chinese prodemocracy websites that provide a platform for discussion and debate on current events and important social, political and economic questions facing China. China Free Press will also maintain a dedicated website as a forum for reports, commentary, and appeals by citizens concerning civil rights.
China Human Rights Lawyers Concern Group
$140,000
To strengthen the rule of law in China through support for human rights lawyers and other advocates in China who seek to enforce China's Constitution. CHRLCG will provide legal aid on cases with the potential to strengthen the legal system, provide justification for policy change, influence implementation of laws, or highlight otherwise unknown weaknesses in laws or their enforcement. CHRLCG will also organize exchange workshops for Chinese lawyers.

China Labor Watch, Inc.
$90,000
To promote labor rights and government accountability. China Labor Watch conducts in-depth research on labor issues, disseminates a variety of research and educational publications, and engages in related legal aid and advocacy activities.
Democratic China, Inc.
$224,000
To promote well-informed and uncensored dialogue on issues relevant to China's political development. The grantee will publish the online Chinese-language magazine Minzhu Zhongguo (Democratic China), which carries news and analysis by authors inside and outside of China regarding current affairs, culture, history, and international relations.
Human Rights in China, Inc.
$160,000
To disseminate information on and raise awareness of human rights conditions in China. HRIC will conduct media advocacy for Chinese human rights and publish Shuangzhoukan and China Rights Forum, two publications that allow authors within China forums to communicate uncensored viewpoints.

Independent Chinese PEN Centre, Inc.
$170,000
To promote freedom of expression in China in the spirit of the International PEN Charter, the Independent Chinese PEN Centre will support the translation of materials on freedom of expression into Chinese, publish banned materials to give Chinese readers access to diverse views and literary works despite official censorship, and organize domestic and international advocacy campaigns on behalf of imprisoned writers and journalists.
Initiatives for China
$85,000
To promote interethnic understanding, mutual trust, and cooperation among pro-democracy activists from different ethnic groups in China. Initiatives for China will organize an inter-ethnic conference featuring conflict resolution workshops and panel discussions on democracy, human rights, and religious freedom.

International Federation of Journalists-Asia
$50,760
To strengthen the capacity of local journalists to advance press freedom in China. IFJ will provide training in international standards and practices, facilitate regional engagement in monitoring press freedom in China, and distribute print and electronic reports and newsletters.

International Republican Institute
$1,000,000
To strengthen independent civil society voices and increase participation in public institutions in China, IRI will cultivate a network of independent candidates and election observers, promote accountability through local budget reforms, support training and networking opportunities to nascent labor NGOs and NGOs in Guizhou Province, increase understanding of legal rights for ethnic minorities in Qinghai Province, and provide capacity building to a women's rights NGO.
Princeton China Initiative
$490,000
To promote human rights in China. The Princeton China Initiative will carry out a broad program of support for human rights projects to enhance transparency, accountability, legal knowledge, and access to justice.
Princeton China Initiative
$171,500
To provide an effective forum for free expression and to stimulate liberal debate on China's international role. Princeton China Initiative will publish China in Perspective Magazine, which will provide a platform for Chinese writers to discuss issues related to comparative democratization, Chinese foreign policy-making, responsible international behavior, and nationalism.
Princeton China Initiative
$370,000
To promote media freedom and civic engagement via the Internet in China. The Princeton China Initiative's China Digital Network program will bring together specialists in Internet technology to exchange information and create online tools that can be used by ordinary Chinese citizens, journalists and social activists for "citizen journalism" and civic-oriented, open communication.
Southern Mongolian Human Rights Information Center
$148,000
To advance the human rights of ethnic Mongols living in the Southern Mongolia region of China. SMHRIC will report on the human rights conditions in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, also known as Southern Mongolia, through its website and its English- and Mongolian-language electronic publication, Southern Mongolian Watch.

Wei Jingsheng Foundation, Inc.
$54,300
To promote awareness among Chinese workers of their rights and to inform the international community on the labor rights situation in China. The Foundation will continue its outreach through its website, continued distribution of information to China, and frequent interviews with the international and Chinese press.
FREEDOM OF SPEECH
$30,000
To promote freedom of speech in China. The organization will support initiatives from both public intellectuals and ordinary citizens to raise awareness and build dialogue.
ACCOUNTABILITY
$130,000
To enhance the public's awareness of their legal rights, and to help build norms of government accountability, in relation to environmental issues. The organization will work with local partners on a variety of educational, research, public policy advocacy, outreach, and legal aid activities.
HUMAN RIGHTS
$460,260
To strengthen Chinese civil society and promote awareness and action on human rights. Supported organizations will organize lectures and seminars and publish a variety of materials aimed at connecting human rights activists with one another and educating and coordinating future Chinese activists about human rights and organizational development. Organizations will also promote religious freedom in China and fund rule of law projects directed at protecting religious freedom. Activities will include legal aid, investigative reporting, activist training, and human rights documentation.
RULE OF LAW
$391,220
To improve the implementation of law in China and to help raise awareness of citizens' and officials' legal rights and responsibilities. Supported organizations will raise legal rights awareness and provide legal aid in select cases to aid vulnerable social groups and underserved communities. Activities will include legal education, rights assistance efforts, work on criminal defense reforms, torture reform, and death penalty issues, and information sharing on public interest law.

NED Grants in China in 2010

According to the NED Annual Report for 2010, the following US Government funds were allocated by the US Congress and dispersed by the NED for programs in China:

Accountability and Public Participation

$479,200

To enhance the public's awareness of their legal rights and to help build norms of government accountability. Projects will support a variety of educational, research, public policy, outreach, NGO capacity-building, and legal activities.

Rule of Law

$315,000

To improve the implementation of law in China and to help raise awareness of citizens' and officials' rights and responsibilities. The projects will raise legal rights awareness, provide legal outreach and aid, hold lectures and seminars, support reforms and legal training, and build support for public interest law.

American Center for International Labor Solidarity

$146,199

To enhance the grassroots organiz­ing and advocacy skills of worker rights activists, academics and students. The Solidarity Center will support a range of worker rights advocates to educate and empower workers to protect their rights. The Solidarity Center will provide training in practical skills for selected advocates, labor law reformers and prac­titioners and develop collective bargain­ing and other labor rights materials.

American Center for International Labor Solidarity

$131,954

To strengthen rule of law by promoting labor rights enforcement. The Solidar­ity Center and its long-time partner will work to enhance the advocacy skills and online networking ability of labor lawyers and workers rights groups, as well as to foster international solidarity with grass­roots labor rights protection initiatives.

Asia Catalyst, Inc.

$199,476

To improve Chinese NGOs’ operational capacity. Asia Catalyst will organize train­ing programs for NGO staff and volunteers, including workshops on decision-making and other internal governance processes, provide short-term consulting services for a variety of groups, work with se­lected organizations to build management skills, and develop online tools accessible to the broader community of NGOs.
Beijing Spring, Inc.
$60,000
To publish the monthly Chinese-language magazine Beijing Spring, which carries analysis and commentary by authors inside and outside China regarding politi­cal developments, social issues, and the prospects for democratization in China.
Celeluck Company, Ltd.
$42,000
To promote free discussion and analysis of current events and political issues. Celeluck will continue to issue its monthly periodical, Open Magazine, known for its exposés and timely analysis of trends and newsworthy events in China. The organization will also continue to distribute Chinese-language books on issues related to the future of democracy and human rights in China.
Center for International Private Enterprise
$185,374
To improve the legal environment faced by business associations in China to help them become more independent of the govern­ment and more effective in the policymak­ing process. CIPE and partners will work together to draft a new law on industry associations and will advocate for the adoption through the galvanization of media attention and regular workshops involv­ing key public and private sector leaders.
Center for International Private Enterprise
$244,524
To encourage better local governance and promote free and open public debate about current events, political issues, and reform agendas in China. Unirule will rank China’s 30 provincial capitals based on the results of household surveys and media cover­age on the quality of local governance. CIPE and Unirule will also continue to host bi-weekly discussions on public policy, reform issues, and current events in China.
Center for International Private Enterprise
$138,004
To raise public awareness of politi­cal reforms affecting ordinary citizenry and to promote the desire for and un­derstanding of democracy in China by popularizing the successful experi­ences and lessons learned from Asian democracies. CIPE and Siyuan Merger and Bankruptcy Consultancy, Inc., will research democratization experiences elsewhere in Asia and will promote the findings of this research at two public seminars in Hangzhou and Guangzhou.
China Free Press
$220,000
To provide support and a forum for human rights defenders to document and expose China’s human rights situation in a timely manner, and to serve as a resource for Chinese websites and bloggers so as to expand the space for free expression of political and social viewpoints in China. China Free Press will host banned and censored Chinese prodemocracy websites that provide a platform for discussion and debate on current events and important social, political and economic questions facing China. China Free Press will also maintain a dedicated website as a forum for reports, commentary, and appeals by citizens concerning civil rights.
China Human Rights Lawyers Concern Group
$100,000
To strengthen the rule of law in China through support for human rights law­yers and other advocates in China who seek to enforce China’s Constitution. CHRLCG will chose cases based on their potential to strengthen the legal system, provide justification for policy change, influence implementation of laws, or highlight otherwise unknown weak­nesses in laws or their enforcement.
China Labor Watch, Inc.
$80,000
To promote labor rights and government accountability. China Labor Watch will conduct in-depth research on labor issues, disseminate a variety of research and educational publications, and engage in related legal aid and advocacy activities.
Democratic China, Inc.
$220,000
To promote well-informed and uncen­sored dialogue on issues relevant to China’s political development. The grantee will publish the online Chinese-language magazine Minzhu Zhongguo (Demo­cratic China), which carries news and analysis by authors inside and outside of China regarding current affairs, culture, history, and international relations.
Human Rights in China, Inc.
$160,000
To advance internationally recognized human rights in China and to facilitate the work of human rights groups in China in building an effective agenda for social, legal, and political development. HRIC will conduct research, engage in educa­tion and advocacy efforts, and produce print and electronic publications.
Independent Chinese PEN Centre, Inc.
$170,000
To promote freedom of expression in China. ICPC will translate materials on freedom of expression into Chinese, publish banned materials to enable Chinese readers to have access to diverse views and literary works despite official censor­ship, and organize domestic and inter­national advocacy campaigns on behalf of imprisoned writers and journalists.
Initiatives for China
$85,000
To promote interethnic understanding, mutual trust, and cooperation among pro-democracy activists from different ethnic groups in China. Initiatives for China will organize an inter-ethnic conference featuring conflict resolution workshops and panel discussions on democracy, human rights, and religious freedom.
International Republican Institute
$1,000,000
To develop and promote independent and functional civil society institutions that identify and represent the needs of constituents; to promote understand­ing of rights and enhance the ability of individuals, civil society and government to advocate for and protest rights; to encour­age local reform models; and to cultivate a network of independent candidates and election observers to support and report on the campaigns of individual citizens for local People’s Congress.
Princeton China Initiative
$135,000
To provide an effective forum for free expression and to stimulate liberal debate on China’s international role. Princ­eton China Initiative will publish China in Perspective Magazine, which will pro­vide a pluralistic platform for Chinese writers to discuss issues related to comparative democratization, Chinese foreign policy making, responsible in­ternational behavior, and nationalism.
Princeton China Initiative
$346,787
To promote media freedoms and civic engagement via the Internet in China. The Princeton China Initiative’s China Digital Network program will bring together specialists in Internet technol­ogy to exchange information and create online tools that can be used by ordinary Chinese citizens, journalists and social activists for “citizen journalism” and civic-oriented, open communication.
Princeton China Initiative
$490,000

To promote human rights in China. The Princeton China Initiative will carry out a broad program of support for human rights projects to enhance transparency, accountability, legal knowledge, and access to justice.

Princeton China Initiative

$20,000 (supplement)

To promote human rights in China. The Princeton China Initiative will carry out a broad program of support for human rights projects to enhance transparency, accountability, legal knowledge, and access to justice.

Princeton China Initiative

$119,700 (supplement)

To promote media freedoms and civic engagement via the Internet in China. The Princeton China Initiative’s China Digital Network program will bring together specialists in internet technol­ogy to exchange information and create online tools that can be used by ordinary Chinese citizens, journalists and social activists for “citizen journalism” and civic-oriented, open communication.

Southern Mongolian Human Rights Information Center

$88,000

To advance the human rights of ethnic Mongols living in the Southern Mongo­lia region of China. SMHRIC will report on the human rights conditions in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, also known as Southern Mongolia, through its website and its English- and Mongolian-language electronic publi­cation, Southern Mongolian Watch.

Wei Jingsheng Foundation, Inc.

$54,300

To promote awareness among Chinese workers of their rights and to inform the international community about the labor rights situation in China. The Founda­tion will maintain its website, distribute information to China, and give frequent in­terviews through print and electronic medi­ums to the international and Chinese press.