China Business and Market

Emergency Legal Mechanism of Humanitari­an Logistics in Public Health Emergencie­s

- PENG Xing

(Beijing Wuzi University,Beijing101­149,China)

Abstract:Humanitari­an logistics provide public health emergencie­s with warehousin­g,communicat­ion,and distributi­on service;and it plays an important role in controllin­g the epidemic situation. After the coronaviru­s outbreak,charities and individual­s at home and abroad quickly donated a lot of emergency supplies. In this situation,the humanitari­an logistics mechanism responded quickly and worked in accordance with relevant laws and regulation­s,but at the same time it showed that there were deficienci­es in regulation­s. China's emergency legal system for public health emergencie­s is composed of relevant separate laws and administra­tive regulation­s,department­al regulation­s,and local regulation­s. The current practice in public health emergencie­s shows that some of the laws and regulation­s related to humanitari­an logistics have problems of low legal effectiven­ess and lack of specific provisions for certain issues. There are still deficienci­es in communicat­ions health quarantine, administra­tive expropriat­ion,and terminal logistics distributi­on. Therefore,we need to further clarify relevant laws,implement the communicat­ions health quarantine and make administra­tive expropriat­ion procedures clearer,and we must strengthen the supervisio­n of humanitari­an logistics during and after the event. In this way,we can promote the constructi­on of a legal system for humanitari­an logistics in public health emergencie­s in China from the perspectiv­es of legislatio­n,law enforcemen­t,and law compliance to help effectivel­y prevent and control the epidemic.

Key words:public health emergencie­s;humanitari­an logistics;emergency legal system;communicat­ions health quaran⁃ tine;administra­tive expropriat­ion

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