On The Legal Status Of Non-governmental Organizations

The new function and positive effect of NGOs (Non-governmental Organizations) in the public management have arouse the interest of many people. It is necessary for the theory and practice to study the NGOs from the legal angle. The most important question is using the basic legal principle and technology to outline the legal status and legal frame of NGOs.Through studying the development courses of NGOs of china and Foreign countries, studying the existence way of the Chinese Mass Organizations, and with the recognized standard of NGOs , we can definite the scope of Chinese NGOs. On the whole, the Social community and the private sectors of Non-enterprise of china belong to NGOs. Most of the Public-sector organizations can be regarded as NGOs. The Underground organizations and Gray organizations can be classified to NGOs. But the Society intermediary organizations have not determinism. Then we can tell the characteristics of Chinese NGOs. They have suitable public welfare and serviceability . They are Organized and normal. But there are much more difference on the folk character, nonprofit character and voluntary character.About the satic legal positioning of NGOs, we mainly study their validity and subject qualification. They depend on each other and advances gradually. NGOs conform to the requirement of human nature and social multiplication. They testrict the public authority and have the natural validity. The stipulation about the freedom of association and other theories strengthen the legitimacy foundation of NGOs. The subject qualification of NGOs has been recognized by many countries. The general trend is relaxing the control and giving NGOs much more freedom. In china , the validity of NGOs should be perfected on the idea and the system. The stipulation about the subject qualification of NGOs is insufficiently clearly.About the dynamic legal positioning of NGOs, we need to summary their role and the function in the legal relationship. The legal status of Chinese NGOs is extremely characteristic for the national condition of China NGOs have more than ten kinds of legal statuses at least. In the legal ralation between NGOs and their...