Blacklist of illegal organizations is just a name game

THE MINISTRY of Civil Affairs has disclosed in three batches the names of more than 200 illegal social organizations this month. Beijing News comments:

To make themselves more trustworthy, these social organizations always indicate that they are affiliated to government departments or other public institutes. Some even try to portray themselves as official ones through their names.

Sometimes it is not easy to tell the difference between the genuine and the fake ones simply from their names. For instance, the China Association for Product Quality is an illegal organization that might be mistaken for the official China Association for Quality.