China's Noncombatant Evacuation Operations: 2005–2025

**Executive summary:** Recorded Future’s Insikt Group analyzes 37 Chinese non-combatant evacuation operations (NEOs) from 2005–2025, finding most occurred during civil unrest or natural disasters, typically used air and land transport, often involved foreign coordination, and relied on a mix of high-level party-state leadership, diplomatic missions, SOEs, some private firms, United Front groups, and limited PLA involvement; the report provides case examples (Libya 2011, Ukraine 2022, Sudan 2023, etc.) and details mobilization patterns and organizational roles.