The Ministry of Civil Affairs (MOCA) released comprehensive 2006 statistics on areas such as civil society organizations and numbers of receipents of domestic social security programs, in a January 16 post on their website. 

The official numbers show a steady increase in the numbers of officially registered Chinese civil society organizations, including 186,000 social organizations (SOs), 159,000 non-governmental, non-commercial enterprises (NGNCE's), and 1138 foundations.  A seperate MOCA announcement detailing MOCA accomplishments for 2006 notes the creation of a enforcement and supervision bureau, aimed at "upholding social order by timely and effectively uncovering illegal civil society organizations and violations of the law by civil society organizations."

Below is a comprehensive statistical table of Chinese civil society organizations, compiling information from the 2006 and 2005 MOCA statistical releases, and an earlier table on the website of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China.