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CHINESE MEDIA: WSET IN FINAL STAGES OF NGO STATUS APPLICATION IN CHINA
By Tony Zhu
16-7-2021
Source: WSET
The London-based Wine & Spirit Education Trust (WSET) is in the final stages of applying for overseas non-governmental organisations (NGOs) status in China, according to Chinese media reports.
An overseas NGO status will allow WSET to resume its operations in China which had been temporarily suspended due to "administrative issues" since February this year.
Recent Chinese media reports said WSET has been in contacts with its approved program providers (APPs) in China on the prospects of a full resumption of operations.
It was said WSET indicated in the latest communication that they "have moved closer to resuming operations in Mainland China" and are currently in the process of establishing a Chinese representative office.
Chinese media reports also said this latest communication was the third so far. Two earlier communications were said to be about the preparation of the necessary documents and submission of the documents to relevant authorities to have the application approved.
We have asked WSET for comments but have not received any response before publication of this story.
WSET's application for NGO status serves to confirmed our report that its operations in China had failed to comply with China's non-governmental organisation (NGO) laws and were purely due to "administrative issues" .
The laws require multi-department approvals for international education organisation to introduce their courses to China. These departments include education, cultural and civil services, as well as the local government authorities in where the WSET progam providers are based.
China is among WSET's top markets , some 100,000 students have participated in WSET exams in 2019/20 academic year through the 170 approved program providers set up throughout China.
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