Draft rules aim to close transplant loopholes

Transplant surgeries using organs from unknown sources will be banned, and distribution of organs should be fair and transparent, according to a draft regulation released by the National Health Commission.

Detailed measures will be made so that all transplant surgeries using such organs can be tracked, it said.

The draft, a revision of the existing regulation on organ transplants, was released by the commission on July 1. It is soliciting public opinion until Aug 1.

The revision aims to close legislative loopholes found in organ donations and transplants in China in recent years.

Since the existing regulation was implemented in 2007, an organ donation and transplant system that suits China’s conditions has been primarily put in place, and China has ranked second in the world in the number of organ donations and transplant surgeries, it said.