Beijing: China's reliance on organ transplants from condemned prisoners will end within two years as more people are coming forward to donate as demonstrated by a trial project, a senior Chinese official said. From March 2010 to the end of September 2012, the trial consisted of 465 donation cases, which resulted in 1,279 organs being donated by members of the public, Huang Jiefu, vice minister of health said.
The move means there will be less reliance on the use of organ donations from prisoners that have been sentenced to death, state-run Xinhua news agency reported. China faced criticism from the international human rights groups for taking out the organs of the condemned prisoners after their death sentences. According to a report by chinanews.com, the project, jointly established by the ministry and the Red Cross Society of China, resulted in more than 100 cases being performed in Guangdong.
The province had the most number of donations. In 2007, China's Cabinet, issued its first regulations on transplants, banning organisations and individuals from trading human organs. The 2011 amendments to China's Criminal Law also introduced three clauses dedicated to organ-related crimes, under which those indulging in organ trafficking activities may face fines or prison terms of more than five years.
Under the law, criminals convicted of "forced organ removal, forced organ donation or organ removal from juveniles" could face punishment for homicide.
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