NGOs’ effects on humanitarian logistics of disaster relief in China

Humanitarian Logistics (HL) has been a hot topic after Lushan Earthquake in China because of its crucial position in the process of disaster relief. This paper has researched how NGOs have affected HL. Two international and two Chinese cases have been studied and compared, and the success factors and barriers of NGOs’ participation in HL of disaster relief activities in China have been identified. These NGOs are all newly founded, and highly involved in the first two stages and less involved in the last stage of disaster relief. Their quick response and diversified channels of funds rising were the main reasons for successes. However, the inflexible cooperation with the governments was their most significant barrier of them.