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[People News] Recently, six departments, including the Tianjin Municipal Health Commission, publicly released two official documents: The Implementation Rules for Organ Acquisition Fees and Financial Management for Human Organ Donation (Trial) and The Fee Standards for Human Organ Donation and Acquisition (Trial). The second document includes a specific price list detailing the costs for obtaining various human organs: 250,000 yuan for a liver, 200,000 yuan for a kidney, 80,000 yuan for a heart, and 60,000 yuan for a lung.
It is well known that Tianjin’s Oriental Organ Transplant Center has long been the largest organ transplant center in Asia. The number of organ transplants in China skyrocketed after the CCP’s persecution of Falun Gong began in 1999, fueling a surge in international transplant tourism to China. The Oriental Organ Transplant Center openly advertised its organ prices abroad, aggressively promoting transplant services. Large numbers of tourists from Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan flocked to China for organ transplants. In China’s transplant industry, short waiting times for organ donors have been a widespread phenomenon. In March 2020, an independent tribunal in London, UK, issued a written judgment concluding that "forced live organ harvesting has been taking place in China on a widespread scale for years, with Falun Gong practitioners being one of—if not the primary—sources of these organs."
Now, the Health Commission has officially set fixed prices for organ acquisition, and Tianjin is not the first to do so. Public reports indicate that in October 2021, six equivalent departments in Henan Province issued similar documents. So far, these two regions seem to be the only ones that have publicly released such price lists. In contrast, the first document regarding financial management has been introduced in many more provinces and cities, including Gansu, Sichuan, Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangsu, Shandong, Jilin, Xinjiang, and Chongqing. Why have so many places actively implemented the first document? The reason is simple: top-level directives require it.
On June 8, 2021, seven central-level departments, including China’s National Health Commission, jointly issued a notification on The Trial Measures for Organ Donation Acquisition Fees and Financial Management, instructing "all provinces, autonomous regions, and directly administered municipalities… to comply and implement." However, publicly available data from Wikipedia shows that China’s organ transplant industry began in the 1960s, and by 2004, despite lacking an established organ donation system, annual transplant numbers had already reached 13,000. Furthermore, China’s so-called Organ Procurement Organizations (OPOs), which manage organ acquisition, were officially established in March 2014, yet public willingness to donate organs has remained low. So why did it take seven years for the authorities to suddenly decide to regulate "fees"?
Even more interestingly, a sharp-eyed observer would notice that the Chinese Ministry of Health had already introduced a regulation on March 16, 2006, titled Interim Provisions on the Clinical Application of Human Organ Transplantation Technology. Article 8 of this regulation states that the costs associated with organ acquisition include "surgical costs" and "medical support costs." According to overseas scholars, the costs of organ harvesting and transplantation should both be included as part of the overall surgery fee. So, before this, did hospitals in China not account for the cost of organ extraction when performing transplants? Obviously, that’s impossible! Now, by separating "acquisition" as a distinct charge, the National Health Commission has failed to provide any explanation. Not only is this separation itself irregular, but it also raises concerns about double-charging—compounding one mistake with another.
However, if in the future the world focuses solely on the "fees" associated with China’s organ transplantation industry, the CCP’s scheme will have succeeded. According to the Chinese central bank’s 2024 financial assessment, only 19.3% of households in China have savings exceeding 300,000 yuan, and only 0.37% (approximately 5 million people) have more than 500,000 yuan in savings. This means the domestic market for organ transplants is relatively small—something the CCP is well aware of. However, under the "80/20 rule," fewer customers do not necessarily mean lower profits. It is evident that China’s organ transplant industry has already become a highly lucrative enterprise.
As early as 2005, the CCP launched the "981 Project for Leaders’ Health," aiming to extend the lifespans of high-ranking officials to 150 years. To achieve such longevity, frequent organ replacements are indispensable. In December 2022, Gao Zhanxiang, the former Party Secretary of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, passed away at the age of 87 due to illness. In a eulogy, Zhu Yongxin, Deputy Secretary-General of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, wrote, "Over the years, Gao Zhanxiang had been fiercely battling illness. He had undergone numerous organ replacements, joking that many of his ‘parts’ were no longer his own." Just imagine—he had already replaced "many" organs by the age of 87! How many other CCP officials have undergone similar extensive organ replacements? Clearly, regardless of how standardized the "organ acquisition fees" may be, only high-ranking CCP leaders and their privileged circles—especially those covered under the "981 Project"—can truly afford such procedures.
This example reveals a key issue: the source of these "parts." Are organs readily available for transplantation? Don’t they require a matching donor? Doesn’t the donor have to be "brain-dead"? The CCP has long used the narrative of "voluntary donation" to cover up the truth. However, since 1999, the scarcity of voluntary donations has fallen far short of meeting China’s massive transplant market demands. Where, then, do these countless unaccounted-for organs come from?
When Shanghai established its Children’s Organ Transplant Center, many Chinese parents were alarmed, spreading warnings such as: "Adult organs are no longer enough, now they’re targeting children," and "Make sure to watch over your own kids." Clearly, many parents believe that in China, where ethics have no limits, killing on demand is highly probable in these official institutions and public hospitals. In recent years, there have been multiple cases where patients entered hospitals with minor illnesses, only to be quickly declared "brain-dead." Numerous cases of suspiciously manufactured "brain death" have been exposed, with doctors deliberately manipulating diagnoses to facilitate organ harvesting. However, many more such incidents remain hidden due to the lack of concrete evidence.
In the documents issued by China’s National Health Commission, it is explicitly stated that the costs of "donor and potential donor evaluation, organ function maintenance, testing, examination, transportation, and death determination" are all included under "organ acquisition fees." Additionally, costs related to donor families, such as "transportation, lodging, and lost wages during the legal process of organ donation," are also covered. In reality, this policy justifies and facilitates two appalling practices: first, doctors illegally declaring "brain death," and second, forcing all legal next of kin (spouses, adult children, parents) to sign consent forms for organ donation.
Because the sources of these organs are illegal, China’s organ transplant industry has been recognized by the international community as "killing on demand." The core of this crime remains the CCP’s systematic persecution of Falun Gong practitioners, whose organs have been forcibly harvested. The World Organization to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong (WOIPFG), founded in 2003, has collected a vast amount of evidence on organ harvesting from Falun Gong practitioners. Many medical institutions and doctors in China are implicated.
The CCP has deliberately separated "organ acquisition" from "organ transplantation"—likely an attempt to allow some of the doctors who have committed atrocities to escape responsibility. These medical professionals are deeply entangled with high-ranking CCP officials, serving as living proof that the regime has directly orchestrated organ harvesting. If the CCP allows the organ procurement sector to operate independently, then "organ transplantation" could be framed as a legitimate medical procedure for saving lives. This urgent effort to "clean up" the transplant industry suggests that the regime is willing to sacrifice some organ procurement doctors, hospitals, and institutions as scapegoats to shield itself from accountability.
The fact that Henan and Tianjin have openly taken on this burden might indicate that they had no other choice. With businesses shutting down nationwide and GDP growth stagnating, how else can they boost revenue? If not through mass asset seizures, then through the highly profitable organ trade. While expensive organs like livers and kidneys are reserved for high-ranking officials, other parts from the same donor—hearts, lungs, pancreas, corneas, intestines, bones—can all be "liquidated" to clear inventory. By publicly listing organ prices, the CCP is effectively advertising its services to potential buyers.
For a regime that has long viewed human lives as disposable, organ transplantation has become a key source of profit. As the government and medical institutions rush to cash in, Chinese society has been forcibly divided into two extremes: perpetrators and victims. Fear and distrust now pervade every corner of the nation, with citizens constantly on guard against each other. The root cause of this dystopian reality is none other than the CCP itself.
(Article republished from Dajiyuan)
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