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The number of organ donors in China has been on the rise owing to public awareness campaigns and increased understanding of the benefits of the procedure.
China saw 104,538 new potential organ donors last year, almost 100 times more than in 2010, according to China Organ Donation Administrative Center. Nearly 170,000 volunteers had registered as of the end of 2016, of whom over 60 percent are young or middle-aged people.
The Internet is also playing an important role is opening people's eyes to the possibility of donating organs while simplifying the registration process.
In December last year, China Organ Transplantation Development Foundation, backed by the National Health and Family Planning Commission, launched an organ donation function on Alipay, an online payment platform with 450 million users, attracting at least 100,000 volunteers in the first three months.
Estimates put those in need of organ transplants in China each year at about 300,000 patients.
