Regulation to improve public organ donations

A first-ever regulation on organ donation coordinator management will be issued this week by the National Organ Donation Management Center to make it easier for the public to donate organs.

The 200-plus coordinators at the center will be evaluated and licensed, according to the regulation, said Gao Xinpu, a division director at the center.

"A team of at least 2,000 coordinators will be set up across the mainland. Their main job will be to identify potential organ donors, approach their families and inform them of a possible donation, and handle issues like the donor's funeral," he told China Daily on Monday.