Organ donation: a novel discipline created by multi-disciplinary integration in the new era of China / 器官移植

ABSTRACT

The pilot work of organ donation after citizen's death has been implemented in China for 10 years. The number of organ donations was significantly increased from 34 cases in 2010 to more than 6 300 cases in 2018, accounting for over 15% of the global quantity of organ donations. China has established an organ donation and transplantation system that follows the international ethical standards, and conforms to our own social development stage and cultural tradition. Organ donation is a novel discipline created by multi-disciplinary integration in the new era of China, the process of which was reviewed from the perspectives of legal supervision, workflow, management mode, training and education mode, quality management and control system, organ donation in the epidemic of noval coronavirus pneumonia and application of innovative technologies, etc.