Investigation into Enhancing the Motivation and Distribution System for Organ Donation in China

With the aging of the population and the improvement of organ transportation technology, the demand of organs such as kidney, cornea, liver, and heart are increasing dramatically. Until February 29, 2024, there are in total 51196 volunteers who have done their donation, 157204 organs have successfully transported to the patients in need. However, under the great increase in the demand of organ donation, the supply of organ is still way above the amount of demand. In China, only 0.05% of the population have registered of being a volunteer in organ donation. The great shortage becomes more significant after China banned the use of organs from executed prisoners as a source of organ donation since 2015. Under the circumstances of having shortage of organ donation, it becomes more important for a country to have clear incentive and allocation mechanisms in organ donation. In this essay, the result would be carried out through comparing the incentive mechanisms of organ donation in Spain, the USA and China, find out the advantages of mechanisms in Spain and the USA, the potential issues of organ donation system in China. As a result, find valid approaches for the improvements of Chinese organ donation system.