China Vows Clampdown on 'Illegal' Organ Transplant Trade

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China Vows Clampdown on 'Illegal' Organ Transplant Trade

China has vowed to crack down on the "illegal harvesting" of organs for transplants, although organs from executed prisoners will continue to be available, a top health official has said.

The ruling Chinese Communist Party is planning a monitoring system to oversee organ transplants with regular checks on hospitals and doctors, health ministry official Wang Yu told official media.

Investigators will be targeting "private" allocations of organs, or the illegal use of executed prisoners' organs without consent, Wang said.

Meanwhile, vice-minister for health and family planning Huang Jiefu warned of "severe punishment" for any hospital, doctor or judicial institution found to have privately obtained, allocated or transplanted executed prisoners' organs.

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