China on Sunday issued new guidelines making it mandatory for non-government organizations to accommodate Communist Party panels within their organization, Reuters reported.       

The new guidelines issued by the general office of the party's central committee reads: "Strengthen political thought education for responsible people at social groups, and guide them to actively support party building. Promote the place of party building in the social group's charters."     

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The new rules state that the supervision of NGOs must be considered a high-priority task by local party committees. The committee's performance will be duly judged on how well they manage the group or organization.

The guidelines said that party committees could appoint representatives in case NGOs are too large to manage. The civil affairs ministry has been given the authority to penalize illegal behavior and also ban a NGO if need be.

China's Crackdown on Foreign NGO's   

The new guidelines issued on Sunday is the government's latest crackdown on foreign NGO's in China, or NGO's that receive substantial funding from abroad. Earlier this year, China passed a controversial foreign NGO law to better regulate the sector.

The Chinese government claims that better regulation of the sector is needed in the wake of recent scandals, including the embezzlement of huge funds from several social organizations.

However, many activists allege that recent crackdown is meant to target NGOs and social groups that are critical of the Chinese government. Many experts see the recent curb on social groups as the government's effort to quash organizations encouraging dissent in China.

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