8. The achievements and prospective of China's DCD work

After several years of hard work, China has made gratifying achievements in the work of DCD. Some of the figures are shown in Figures 9–19:

China has successfully resumed the transition from relying on the judicial channels to procuring organs through the voluntary donation of citizens. The reform is the result of the concerted efforts of the top leadership of the country, relevant departments, social organizations, the vast majority of transplant medical personnel and Red Cross workers, who obtained the understanding of society and the recognition of the international community. Based on the guiding principles set by the relevant international organizations and based on the actual social and economic development and cultural traditions in China, we adopted methods suited to China's national conditions and promoted the continuous progress of organ donation and transplantation in China. After several years of pilot research, the influence of organ donation after citizen death to our society has surpassed that of the transplant medical service itself. Such love charity is gradually becoming a common practice in China. With the joint efforts of the health administrative departments, the Red Cross Society and the transplant medical institutions, organ donation after citizen death has taken a solid first step. However, China has a large population, huge demand for organ transplants and some traditional concepts are still affecting us. In particular, we are still in the process of improving laws and regulations, strengthening government supervision and departmental coordination, clarifying responsibilities of all parties, refining work processes and strengthening international exchanges and cooperation. There is still a lot of work to do [38].

Figure 9. Overview of organ donation according to the data of China organ donation administrate center, by the end of 2017 [data from China organ donation administrate center].

Figure 11. Annual data on kidney transplantation (20 years) [data from Chinese scientific registration of kidney trans-

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Figure 12. Annual data on liver transplantation (20 years) [data from Chinese liver transplantation registration].

plantation (CSRKT)].

Figure 10. The change of the number of coordinators according to China organ donation administrative center [data from China organ donation administrate center].

Figure 11. Annual data on kidney transplantation (20 years) [data from Chinese scientific registration of kidney transplantation (CSRKT)].

Figure 9. Overview of organ donation according to the data of China organ donation administrate center, by the end of

Figure 10. The change of the number of coordinators according to China organ donation administrative center [data from

2017 [data from China organ donation administrate center].

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China organ donation administrate center].

Figure 12. Annual data on liver transplantation (20 years) [data from Chinese liver transplantation registration].

Figure 15. Number of kidney transplantations in each province in 2016 top 20 [data from Chinese scientific registration of

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Figure 16. During the same time period, the number of kidney transplantations has been continously increasing, that is,

more than 20% [data from Chinese scientific registration of kidney transplantation (CSRKT)].

kidney transplantation (CSRKT)].

Figure 13. Annual data on organ donation PMP [data from China organ donation administrate center].

Figure 14. The overview of kidney transplant in 2016 [data from Chinese scientific registration of kidney transplantation (CSRKT)].

Figure 15. Number of kidney transplantations in each province in 2016 top 20 [data from Chinese scientific registration of kidney transplantation (CSRKT)].

Figure 13. Annual data on organ donation PMP [data from China organ donation administrate center].

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Figure 14. The overview of kidney transplant in 2016 [data from Chinese scientific registration of kidney transplantation

(CSRKT)].

Figure 16. During the same time period, the number of kidney transplantations has been continously increasing, that is, more than 20% [data from Chinese scientific registration of kidney transplantation (CSRKT)].

9. Conclusion

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Figure 17. The increasing of donation rate [data from Chinese scientific registration of kidney transplantation (CSRKT)].

Figure 18. The increasing of DCD cases [data from Chinese scientific registration of kidney transplantation (CSRKT)].

Figure 19. Organ donation in our country is based on death donors at current stage.
