从8月28日到9月3日,台湾富士康集团诉《第一财经日报》的“名誉侵权案”,经历了从索赔3000万元到1元,到双方握手言和、富士康撤诉的令人瞠目的戏剧性过程。事件虽已偃旗息鼓,但它却暗示了全球正在发生的一种重要的社会结构性变革:即国家和市场以外大范围的社会机构发挥着越来越大的作用。这些机构包括政党、媒体、社会运动、利益集团、监督群体等等,这些非营利部门构成了公民社会。但从富士康事件的发展来看,作为公民社会组成部分的特殊利益保护组织的缺失或不作为,说明中国公民社会的发展任重道远 From August 28 to September 3, Taiwan’s Foxconn Group v. First Financial Daily’s “reputation infringement case” has gone from claims of 30 million yuan to 1 yuan, until both hands-on peace talks and Foxconn’s withdrawal瞠 The purpose of the dramatic process. Although the event came to an end, it hinted at an important social structural change that is taking place in the world: an increasingly large role played by a wide range of social institutions outside the country and the market. These include political parties, the media, social movements, interest groups, supervisory groups, etc. These non-profit sectors constitute civil society. However, judging from the development of the Foxconn incident, the absence or omission of a special interest protection organization as an integral part of civil society shows that the development of civil society in China has a long way to go