China on Friday issued its first regulation on human organ transplants, banning organizations and individuals from trading human organs in any form.
Any doctor found to be involved in human organ trade will have their practitioner licence revoked. Clinics will be suspended from doing organ transplant operations for at least three years. Fines are set at between eight to ten times the value of the outlawed trade, the new rules said.
Officials convicted of trading in human organs will be sacked and kicked out of government.
The regulation, issued by the State Council, or China's cabinet, will go into effect on May 1.
China has carried out organ transplants for more than 20 years and is the world's second largest performer of transplants after the United States, with about 5,000 transplants completed each year. However, the absence of laws and regulations concerning organ transplants has negatively impacted practice, critics say.
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