Policy

China To Stop Harvesting the Organs of Prisoners it Executes

New system will rely on voluntary donations

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A senior Chinese official has said the country will phase out the practice of taking organs from executed prisoners from November.

Huang Jiefu said China would now rely on using organs from voluntary donors under a new national donation system.

Prisoners used to account for two-thirds of transplant organs, based on previous estimates from state media.