The Red Cross Society of China has revealed an extensive humanitarian network comprising approximately 3.5 million registered volunteers and 34,000 dedicated service organizations across the nation. This announcement was made during a press conference on Monday by Vice-President Wang Bin, highlighting the organization’s significant capacity for emergency response and community support.
Throughout 2025, the humanitarian organization has demonstrated its operational capabilities by deploying rescue teams on 2,580 separate occasions, engaging a total of 29,921 personnel and volunteers. These deployments have provided critical assistance during numerous natural disasters, including earthquake relief operations in Myanmar and China’s Xizang autonomous region, alongside emergency responses to severe typhoons, torrential rains, and devastating floods affecting multiple regions including Beijing, Guangdong, Guizhou, Liaoning, Hebei, Gansu, and the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region.
In the aftermath of the tragic residential fire in Hong Kong on November 26, the Hong Kong Red Cross activated its first local disaster relief emergency service team with support from the mainland organization. The Red Cross continues to monitor the needs of affected residents while supporting recovery and community rebuilding efforts through its Hong Kong branch.
The organization’s preventive health initiatives have included conducting 4.25 million emergency rescue certification trainings and installing 86,000 automated external defibrillators in public spaces such as schools, communities, and transportation hubs.
As the national manager of blood and bone marrow donations, China now maintains Asia’s largest bone marrow donor registry, ranking fourth globally with 3.72 million registered volunteers and 21,000 completed donations. The organization also reported that 7.28 million people have registered as organ donation volunteers, with over 60,000 posthumous donations resulting in the provision of 195,000 organs for transplantation.
Additionally, the Red Cross has established more than 6,000 community-based projects specifically designed to enhance disaster preparedness and provide volunteer assistance and care services to vulnerable populations.