2016年CRI Organ donation in China develops in historic high momentum

 

China decided¹ to allow organ donation in the country back in 2007.

Three years later, a donation system was set up in 10 provincial² regions across the country on a trial basis .

Development in this area was slower in comparison with today, with China once relying heavily on organs from executed criminals to supply its roughly 10-thousand organ transplants per year.

An absolute ban on organs from executed criminals taking effect in January of last year prompted China to seriously consider organ donations as an alternative.

Li Bin³, head of China's top health authority, says a well-established organ donation system is becoming a reality in the country.

"We have been improving the systems for donation and distribution. The distribution system has become highly automated⁴. We've established a zero-barrier channel for organ transfers so as to make sure there is enough time for life-saving operations. We've also set up an information-based platform to supervise donation process, which makes it possible to trace back to sources of donation. The year 2015 has been a milestone⁵ in China's organ donation development, because the sources of the needed organ went through a fundamental change last year."

Data compiled by the World Health Organization show China has the third largest number of organ donors⁶ in the world, accounting⁷ for 8.5-percent of the world's total in 2015.

The organization's Director-General Margaret Chan expects China to play a constructive⁸ role in promoting organ donation across the world.

"Many solutions that worked out in China can serve as models for other countries facing similar challenges. Efforts are underway to promote a culture of donation in hospitals, and build well-trained specialist teams. Many safeguards have been put in place to protect donors, as well as recipients⁹, and to ensure then that organ allocation is fair and traceable."

Organ donation has long been an issue manipulated by a small group of foreign-based people in an attempt to demonize China's human rights record.

Rumors¹⁰ are circulating that there could be up to 100-thousand organ transplants in China each year, forcing Chinese authorities to compensate¹¹ for the imbalance in supply and demand by turning to organs from prisoners for supplies.

Jose Nunez, head of the organ transplant program at the World Health Organization, says such rumors are nonsense.

"That's impossible for two main reasons. That's mainly the whole number that's performed worldwide. So if China was doing 100-thousand, what's the rest of the world doing. I mean, none. Second, to meet the needs of 100-thousand patients a year, that will lay the same amount of relevant drugs every year. But China is only using about 8 to 10 percent of the relevant drugs. So there's this great discrepancy¹² between numbers and use of drugs."

Chinese health officials say donation based on free willed donations from donors is currently the only legal source for organ transplants in the country.

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1 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

2 provincial   

adj.省的，地方的；n．外省人，乡下人

参考例句：

• City dwellers think country folk have provincial attitudes.城里人以为乡下人思想迂腐。
• Two leading cadres came down from the provincial capital yesterday.昨天从省里下来了两位领导干部。

3 bin   

n.箱柜；vt.放入箱内；[计算机] DOS文件名:二进制目标文件

参考例句：

• He emptied several bags of rice into a bin.他把几袋米倒进大箱里。
• He threw the empty bottles in the bin.他把空瓶子扔进垃圾箱。

4 automated   

a.自动化的

参考例句：

• The entire manufacturing process has been automated. 整个生产过程已自动化。
• Automated Highway System (AHS) is recently regarded as one subsystem of Intelligent Transport System (ITS). 近年来自动公路系统(Automated Highway System,AHS)，作为智能运输系统的子系统之一越来越受到重视。

5 milestone   

n.里程碑；划时代的事件

参考例句：

• The film proved to be a milestone in the history of cinema.事实证明这部影片是电影史上的一个里程碑。
• I think this is a very important milestone in the relations between our two countries.我认为这是我们两国关系中一个十分重要的里程碑。

6 donors   

n.捐赠者( donor的名词复数 )；献血者；捐血者；器官捐献者

参考例句：

• Please email us to be removed from our active list of blood donors. 假如你想把自己的名字从献血联系人名单中删去，请给我们发电子邮件。
• About half this amount comes from individual donors and bequests. 这笔钱大约有一半来自个人捐赠及遗赠。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 accounting   

n.会计，会计学，借贷对照表

参考例句：

• A job fell vacant in the accounting department.财会部出现了一个空缺。
• There's an accounting error in this entry.这笔账目里有差错。

8 constructive   

adj.建设的，建设性的

参考例句：

• We welcome constructive criticism.我们乐意接受有建设性的批评。
• He is beginning to deal with his anger in a constructive way.他开始用建设性的方法处理自己的怒气。

9 recipients   

adj.接受的；受领的；容纳的；愿意接受的n.收件人；接受者；受领者；接受器

参考例句：

• The recipients of the prizes had their names printed in the paper. 获奖者的姓名登在报上。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The recipients of prizes had their names printed in the paper. 获奖者名单登在报上。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

10 rumors   

n.传闻( rumor的名词复数 )；[古]名誉；咕哝；[古]喧嚷v.传闻( rumor的第三人称单数 )；[古]名誉；咕哝；[古]喧嚷

参考例句：

• Rumors have it that the school was burned down. 有谣言说学校给烧掉了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Rumors of a revolt were afloat. 叛变的谣言四起。 来自《简明英汉词典》

11 compensate   

vt.补偿，赔偿；酬报 vi.弥补；补偿；抵消

参考例句：

• She used her good looks to compensate her lack of intelligence. 她利用她漂亮的外表来弥补智力的不足。
• Nothing can compensate for the loss of one's health. 一个人失去了键康是不可弥补的。

12 discrepancy   

n.不同；不符；差异；矛盾

参考例句：

• The discrepancy in their ages seemed not to matter.他们之间年龄的差异似乎没有多大关系。
• There was a discrepancy in the two reports of the accident.关于那次事故的两则报道有不一致之处。