Foreign non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in China must provide details of where their funding comes from and show that their chief representative has no criminal record, the government said of new rules which will come into effect next year. <br/><br/>The Ministry of Public Security said earlier this month that there would be no grace period for the rules' implementation. Guidelines seeking to clarify the new rules, released by the ministry on Monday, say that NGOs must be legitimately established outside mainland China and have operated for atleast two years before applying to set up an office. <br/><br/>NGOs will have to specify where they want to work geographically in China, however that must be in line with its scope of business and its needs, it said.