In the last 12-18 months, interest in China's social entrepreneurs has really heated up. 

Nothing new to China, what is interesting about this new group of people is that there are so few people or groups identified who would fit any classic EU/ US definition of this structure, but there has yet to be a group within China who has put forward their own "Chinese" definition either.  Something my many conversations with members of the community, inside and out of China, only continue to support.

Recently, through the development of a Social Entreprenurship Committee (we held the last meeting 2 weeks ago), we are trying to change that.  That, through engaging the various stakeholders, we will help develop a framework that will help to define who/ what is a social entrepreneurs, what drives these people/ organizations to exist, and what are the organizational issues they face as the move forward (hint: there are bigger problems than money).

We hope you will continue to follow us through this process, and while we will be releasing some of our notes the the readers, we will also be asking you for your help in asking the big questions that we are debating.