Fast Growth of China’s Transplant Industry Since 2000

According to He Xiaoshun, a member of the Expert Committee of the Human Organ Donation Commission and Vice President of the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhongshan University, the year 2000 was a watershed [for the organ transplant industry in China]; the number of liver transplants in 2000 reached 10 times that of 1999. By 2005, the number had tripled further.1

Wu Mengchao, President of the Affiliated Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital of the Second Military Medical University and the ‘father of hepatobiliary surgery in China,’2 said in an interview in May 2011, “in terms of liver transplants, our quantity has been the largest in the world. The quality and result are also good. We have caught up with international standards.”3

Since 2000, the entire United States, with more than 130 million registered organ donors―half of all U.S. adults―has performed an average of 6,000 liver transplants a year.4 In China, despite the paucity of donors, this number could be matched by just a few hospitals.

In January 2015, China’s transplant chief Huang Jiefu told CCTV, “I would like to quote the words of the World Health Organization that China has undertaken such a path in six to seven years whereas other developed countries building up their organ donation and transplant frameworks took dozens of years.”5

References

1

"The Maze of Organ Donation Source: infzm.com / Southern Weekend March 26, 2010"

Original: http://news.163.com/10/0326/10/62MP5K0G00011SM9.html

Archived:

器官捐献迷 来源: 南方周末 2010-03-26 "The Maze of Organ Donation Source: infzm.com / Southern Weekend March 26, 2010"Original:Archived: https://archive.is/hsCZG 器官捐献迷 来源: 南方周末 2010-03-26

2

"Introduction to Academician Wu Mengchao: Inherit and carry forward the spirit of teamwork and unity, work hard to build an innovative country History Museum of Tongji University"

Original: http://gtjuh.tongji.edu.cn/person/intro/new_page_25.htm

Archived:

《同济大学校史馆》吴孟超院士简介 继承和发扬同济精神，为建设创新型国家而努力奋斗！ "Introduction to Academician Wu Mengchao: Inherit and carry forward the spirit of teamwork and unity, work hard to build an innovative country History Museum of Tongji University"Original:Archived: https://web.archive.org/web/20130408004834/http://gtjuh.tongji.edu.cn/person/intro/new_page_25.htm 《同济大学校史馆》吴孟超院士简介 继承和发扬同济精神，为建设创新型国家而努力奋斗！

3

"Founder of Liver Surgery Wu Mengchao Shares Liver Disease Prevention and Secret to Long Life Source: Sina Health May 11, 2011 Reporter: Song Ruliang, etc."

Original: http://health.sina.com.cn/d/2011-05-11/145222445449.shtml

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《新浪健康》肝脏外科创始人吴孟超分享肝病防治与长寿秘诀2011年05月11日 "Founder of Liver Surgery Wu Mengchao Shares Liver Disease Prevention and Secret to Long Life Source: Sina Health May 11, 2011 Reporter: Song Ruliang, etc."Original:Archived: https://web.archive.org/web/20120327035615/http://health.sina.com.cn/d/2011-05-11/145222445449.shtml 《新浪健康》肝脏外科创始人吴孟超分享肝病防治与长寿秘诀2011年05月11日

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"Registration Statistics organdonor.gov As of 9/1/16"

Original: https://www.organdonor.gov/statistics-stories/statistics.html

Archived: "Registration Statistics organdonor.gov As of 9/1/16"Original:Archived: https://optn.transplant.hrsa.gov/data/view-data-reports/national-data/#