Taiwan Cool to China’s Offer of Organ Donations

December 22, 2014

(Taipei Times) – A former Chinese vice minister’s offer to help set up a mechanism to facilitate organ donations from China to Taiwan should be viewed with caution, considering its legal and political implications, officials and the head of an organ registry center said. Speaking at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital in Greater Kaohsiung yesterday, former Chinese deputy minister of health Huang Jiefu said that China would cease using organs of executed prisoners next year, and that Beijing hoped to establish a platform to legally transport organs to Taiwan for organ transplant procedures.