CBIK aims to explore alternative development approaches for working directly with indigenous people and communities to enhance their livelihoods and maintain cultural and biological diversity through application of indigenous cosmovision, knowledge, and innovative technology in the environment of rapid change and uncertainty faced by local people in southwest China.
CBIK also works to promote local and regional inter-sectorial and intercultural dialogue and communication among rural communities, NGOs, academia and governmental agencies. For this purpose, it conducts interdisciplinary research, facilitation for participatory development, consultation for cultural identity, networking for information sharing, and capacity building for watershed governance and livelihood development.

CBM is an international Christian development organization whose primary purpose is to improve the quality of life of the world's poorest persons with disabilities and those at risk of disability.

Concordia Welfare and Education Foundation (CWEF) is a Hong Kong-based, non-profit organization founded by Christians and dedicated to poverty alleviation through education and service. CWEF works in China to enable communities and individuals to make sustainable changes in their lives through programs that encourage awareness and skill building.

CWEF works with both local communities and the Chinese government to identify the sources of poverty and to organize programs that give individuals the power to fight poverty. CWEF coordinates and directs projects in three main areas: traditional education, public health and sanitation, and rural development.

Daytop Drug Abuse and Rehabilitation Center is an NGO that focuses on reducing risk among intravenous drug users and HIV/AIDS prevention.

Environmentally focused NGO based in Kunming.

Habitat for Humanity works to develop communities with people in need by building and renovating houses so that there are decent houses in decent communities.

Health Unlimited is focused on remote areas where long-term projects focusing on the health and well-being of women and children are possible.

The International Institute of Rural Reconstruction (IIRR) is a rural development organization that promotes people-centered development through capacity building for poor people and their communities, development organizations and agencies.

JIA Work Camp Coordination Center is a China-based NGO that was established in August 2004 to coordinate work camps in Chinese villages affected by leprosy.