Currently, global humanitarian crises are frequent, and the demand for emergency humanitarian assistance is rapidly increasing. According to the prediction of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the number of people in need of humanitarian assistance worldwide will reach 339 million in 2023, an increase of nearly 70 million from the beginning of 2022, and an average of 1 out of 23 people will be in a humanitarian crisis. The United Nations system expects to provide humanitarian assistance to a total of 230 million people in 69 countries in urgent need, with a required amount of approximately $51.5 billion, a 25% increase from the beginning of 2022.

Since its establishment, the People's Republic of China has been providing emergency humanitarian assistance to other countries in need. In recent years, with the improvement of comprehensive national strength, China's humanitarian assistance has continuously expanded in scale, content and form, and is increasingly integrated into the international humanitarian aid system.

The scale of aid is steadily expanding. According to the Emergency Humanitarian Assistance section of "China's Practice in International Development Cooperation" released by the National Administration for International Development Cooperation, from 2018 to 2022, China carried out a total of 822 emergency humanitarian aid projects, with a total amount of approximately 15.2 billion yuan; Among them, the aid amount reached 3.8 billion yuan in 2022.

The target audience for assistance is broader. China's emergency humanitarian aid targets mainly developing countries facing higher humanitarian risks in Asia and Africa, as well as regions such as Latin America, South Pacific, and Europe. The amount of aid mainly flows to low-income and middle-income countries, accounting for approximately 97.37% of the total amount. From 2018 to 2022, developing countries in Asia and Africa respectively received 51.97% and 42.11% of the total amount, benefiting the most.