China’s Global Humanitarian Role SYNOPSIS

036 – 26 March 2024 The authors' views are their own and do not represent the official position of the Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies of the S. [...] The Chinese government has so far provided two rounds of relief aid in the form of cash aid, medical supplies, and food to the affected population through the Palestinian Authority and the United Nations and is working to deliver the third batch. [...] In the wake of the Turkey-Syria earthquake in February 2023, a number of Chinese non-governmental disaster relief teams contributed to the global response, joining the national team. [...] Both the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) expressed the hope that China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) would include a humanitarian dimension. [...] As such, it is still difficult for the humanitarian community and foreign governments to grasp the trends in China’s approach to humanitarian action.