The dataset tracks the humanitarian aid campaign that the People's Republic of China launched soon after the eruption of the Covid-19 pandemic in December 2019. The dataset focuses explicitly to Chinese humanitarian aid during the first year of the CCA campaign.

The dataset tracks donations made by Chinese state and non-state actors for the purpose of treating, containing, and alleviating the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. It includes donations of both protective and medical equipment, along with cash donations and some non-medical items. In total, the dataset covers donations delivered to approximately 180 countries, non-state entities and international/regional organisations, mainly in 2020. General foreign and development aid are not included in the dataset.

The background variables in the dataset are the date of the donation, the recipient country, the region of the recipient country, the name of the recipient, the type of recipient, the name of the donor, and the type of donor.