After the Wenchuan earthquake of 2008 in Sichuan, China, in order to meet the demand for temporary and transitional houses, Chinese government organized the construction of a great number of plate-houses that played an important role at the time. This paper conducts a comparative study between the plate-houses constructed after Wenchuan earthquake and the temporary shelters in other countries on aspects including planning layout, area index, social psychology, economic cost, etc. In the Wenchuan case, statistics show that the FAR of the plate-house residential area is around 0.4, the number of supporting houses makes up 20% in the total house sets, the average floor area of each house is about 25 m~2 that occupies a land area of 60 m~2, and the per capita planned floor area is 7 m~2, which is far above the international recommended minimum standard of 3.5 m~2. Even if the area for residence, school, hospital, and other land use functions are all counted, the per capita planed land use area of China’s plate-house area is still above the international recommended minimum standard, which is 30 m~2. This paper holds that China has been capable of the planning and construction of the physical space of plate-house, but the holistic concept and the systematic arrangement level still need further promotion. After the Wenchuan earthquake of 2008 in Sichuan, China, in order to meet the demand for temporary and transitional houses, Chinese government organized the construction of a great number of plate-houses that played an important role at the time. This paper conducts a comparative study between the plate-houses constructed after Wenchuan earthquake and the temporary shelters in other countries on aspects including planning layout, area index, social psychology, economic cost, etc. In the Wenchuan case, statistics show that the FAR of the plate-house residential area is around 0.4, the number of supporting houses makes up 20% in the total house sets, the average floor area of ​​each house is about 25 m ~ 2 that occupies a land area of ​​60 m ~ 2, and the per capita planned floor area is 7 m ~ 2, which is far above the international recommended minimum standard of 3.5 m ~ 2. Even if the area for residence, school, hospital, and other land use functions are all counted, the per capita planed land use area of ​​China’s plate-house area is still above the international recommended minimum standard, which is 30 m ~ 2. This paper contains that China has been capable of the planning and construction of the physical space of plate-house, but the holistic concept and the systematic arrangement level still need further promotion.