Giving Compass' Take:

• Stanford Social Innovation Review discusses a recent conference where Chinese and American philanthropists discussed the opportunities for partnership in the field.

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• Effective altruists looking for a career path may want to consider being a China specialist. Here's why.

Blaring news headlines about a developing trade war between the governments of the United States and China lie in sharp contrast to the emerging partnerships developing between philanthropists and social entrepreneurs from the two countries. As I learned while on a recent delegation from Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society (PACS) to Beijing there are far more similarities than differences when it comes to how American and Chinese civil society actors are helping solve some of the world’s most pressing problems.

On March 27-28, Stanford PACS co-hosted its seventh annual conference at the Stanford Center at Peking University with the Leping Foundation — one of the largest funders of social entrepreneurs and a leader of philanthropic education in China — bringing together an audience of more than 200 Chinese philanthropists, nonprofit and social enterprise leaders, students and academics, to hear from Chinese and American experts about challenges and opportunities in the field. The following are some of the most prominent trends that emerged from our two days together:

1. New wealth and a new Chinese charity law are powering a new wave of philanthropy in China.
2. Philanthropists in both the United States and China want to give more than just money.
3. Funders must invest in capacity building for nonprofit and social enterprise leaders.
4. China has an opportunity to create a vigorous social enterprise sector.
5. A collectivist model of philanthropy is flourishing in China.

Read the full article about philanthropy partnerships between China and the US by Kathleen Kelly Janus at Stanford Social Innovation Review.