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Gov't Passes Regulation on Organ Donation

China's State Council passed a draft regulation on Thursday, tightening controls on human organ transplants and setting parameters for live organ donations. ...full story at china.org.cn

from china.org.cn on Fri, Mar 23 2007

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26 Aug 09 visit China establishes human organ donor system  »  People's Daily In order to further regulate human organ transplant, the Red Cross Society of China and the Ministry of Health jointly announced the establishment of a human organ donation system in Shanghai on August 25. Preliminary work for the program will be...
13 Aug 09 visit China passes draft regulation to enforce environmental evaluation on projects  »  People's Daily China's State Council Wednesday passed a draft regulation on environmental evaluation over new projects to prevent pollution or ecological destruction from the beginning. Under the regulation, environmental evaluations are required before the...

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