RECOFTC has signed an ‘umbrella’ MoU with the International Forestry Cooperation Center (IFCC) of the State Forestry Administration (SFA) of China, which serves to link RECOFTC with government agencies such as the State Academy of the Forestry Administration (STAFA) and the Chinese Academy of Forestry (CAF). RECOFTC has worked with STAFA to undertake a national capacity building needs assessment for community-based forestry in China, and worked with STAFA in late 2014 to organize the third CF Champions Network event in Zhejiang province. The Government of the People’s Republic of China was also one of the founding members of RECOFTC and a signatory in the Charter.