WOIPFG’s Investigative Report on the Alleged Organ Harvesting of Living Falun Gong Practitioners at the No. 924 Hospital of the PLA’s Joint Logistics Support Force (Formerly the PLA’s No. 181 Hospital) and Its Staff Members Suspected of Participation

Jun22,2023

Hospital: The No. 924 Hospital of the PLA Joint Logistics Support Force

Address: 1, Xinqiaoyuan Road, Xiangshan District, Guilin City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China

Preface

The No. 924 Hospital of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Joint Logistics Support Force claims that its technology be at an advanced level in the entire military. The total number of kidney transplants has exceeded 2,200. In a telephone investigation by WOIPFG, the director of the hospital's transplant center admitted to using organs from Falun Gong practitioners, and when referring to organ donors, he said, “All of China depends on us here for them.” In view of the background of the CCP’s state crime of organ harvesting from living persons, the hospital is apparently suspected of participating in the crime of organ harvesting from living Falun Gong practitioners and persons from other groups.

I. Hospital Overview

Established in 1946, it is now a large-scale, comprehensive "tertiary level-A " hospital. The hospital covers an area of more than 90,000 square meters, with a construction area of more than 120,000 square meters and more than 1,000 beds[1]. After the military reform, the hospital was renamed as the 924th Hospital of the Joint Logistics Support Force of PLA[2].

II. Overview of the Kidney Transplantation Center

1.The technology of All-Army Kidney Transplantation and Dialysis Treatment Center is at the advanced level of the whole army.

On May 23, 2007, the hospital was designated by the Ministry of Health to carry out kidney transplantation[3]. It has an all-army kidney transplantation and dialysis treatment center and Guangzhou Military Region Organ Transplantation Center, and is the director-level branch unit of the Guangzhou Military Region Organ Transplantation Committee.

The All Army Kidney Transplantation and Dialysis Treatment Center was established by the Department of Nephrology of the hospital, and it is also the Institute of Kidney Diseases of Guangzhou Military Region and the Organ Transplantation Center of Guangzhou Military Region. It is the director-level branch unit of the Academic Committee of Organ Transplantation of Guangzhou Military Region and the director-level branch unit of the Organ Transplantation Branch of Guangxi Medical Association. It has the Department of Organ Transplantation, Department of Nephrology, Department of Blood Purification and Department of Basic Experimentation. Department of Organ Transplantation, Department of Nephrology, Department of Blood Purification and Department of Basic Experimentation[4].

2. The number of beds at kidney transplant unit

The hospital’s All Army Kidney Transplantation and Dialysis Treatment Center has 150 beds[5].

3. The strong team of kidney transplant surgeons

The hospital’s All Army Kidney Transplantation and Dialysis Treatment Center has 17 surgeons, 12 technicians, including 2 doctorate supervisors, 4 master’s supervisors, 5 chief surgeons, 3 associate chief surgeons, 4 attending surgeons and 9 resident doctors.[6] They can form multiple kidney transplantation teams.

4. High transplant volume

According to publicly available data on the internet, the total number of kidney transplants done by the hospital's transplant team has exceeded 2,200, that of heart transplants has reached at least 70, and the liver transplants number at least 200[7]. Since 2000, the ward has taken nearly 1,000 patients for treatment per year, and the annual volume of kidney transplants has reached more than 150 cases. [8]

Ⅲ. Many medical papers show that the warm ischemia times were short; live organ harvesting is suspected

The warm ischemia time is zero or ultra-short, indicating that there is heartbeat and blood supply when the organ is harvested. That is, the organ is harvested from living donors. Generally, it can be done only from a brain-dead or living donor. However, China has never had any brain death legislation, diagnostic criteria for brain death and a sound organ donation system, so there are no “brain-dead organ donors” in China, voluntary or not. An Aug. 22, 2014 article on qq.com titled “No brain death regulation in China, 90% of doctors are not clear about the specifications either” says there are 80 countries in the world that have brain death regulations, but not China. [9]

A medical paper from the PLA 181st Hospital published in the “Journal of Cardiopulmonary Vascular Diseases” in January 2014 stated:

From Oct 2006 to Dec 2012, the hospital conducted 29 orthotopic heart extractions and transplants. Brain dead male donors were aged 20 to 39, an average 24.9±6.2. Warm ischemia time was 5 to 8 minutes[10].

During most of these organ resection operations, the warm ischemia time was as short as a few minutes, which showed that the heart resection process was the process of live organ harvesting.

IV. Telephone investigation

Summary: Chen Huaizhou, Director of the center of the Hospital, admitted that they used the organs of Falun Gong practitioners. Donor organs are now harvested at the Hospital. The wait time for organs is short, the number of transplants is large, and the sources of donors are unknown.

1. The hospital admits to using the organs of Falun Gong practitioners

Subject of Investigation: Chen Huaizhou, Director of the Organ Transplant Center of the PLA No. 181 Hospital (Guilin, Guangxi)
Date of Investigation: November 16, 2018 (Phone #: 13087737632)

Investigator: “His family members hope that, they hope that the type of donor to be used is that of Falun Gong (practitioner). If that type of donor is available, he (i.e. the patient) will definitely come over very quickly.

Chen Huaizhou: Yes, yes! You come over to be hospitalized for a checkup, have an examination, get a checkup first, to see if it can be done.

(Recording 1. Download: MP3; Transcript Download: pdf 21)

2. The donor is now taken in the hospital

Subject of Investigation: Dr. Yang Zhijian, Hepatobiliary Surgeon, No. 181 Hospital in Guilin

Date of Investigation: September 1, 2016 (Phone # :134 7135 6190)

The suspension in use of organs from death row inmates started on April 1st of this year. About 30 kidney transplants were conducted in July, and there were 15 livers that no one wanted and were sent away. The organs used to be taken in prison, but now they are taken in the hospital. The donor source is managed by the hospital. It has a set of special procedure.[11]

(Recording 2. Download: MP3; Transcript Download: pdf 90)

3. The waiting time is short.

Subject of Investigation: Director Chen Huaizhou, Organ Transplant Center, PLA No. 181 Hospital in Guilin, Guangxi Province
Date of Investigation: January 18, 2017 (Phone #: +86 13087737632)

“You don’t have to worry about the donor. Sometimes [the organ] becomes available as soon as the patient comes. Very fast.”[12]

(Recording 3. Download MP3; Transcript Download Addendum 43)

4. The number of transplants performed in the Hospital is large.

Subject of Investigation: Sui Weiguo, director of the Organ Transplantation Center of the PLA No. 181 Hospital in Guilin, Guangxi Province[13]

Date of Investigation: January 31, 2017, Phone number: 86-13907735881

Sui Weiguo: We do more than 200 cases of kidney transplantation in a year, and about 30 to 40 cases of liver transplantation in a year. We have more than 100 organ donors every year. That is one or two [donors] every week. Having so many donated organs, that is because we started [doing organ donations] early in the country, [we are] advanced.

(Recording 4. Download MP3, please see Addendum 45)

5. The hospital had a large number of surgeries, claiming it had "many organ donors". However, the Guangxi Guilin Red Cross Organ Donation Office denied that the organs used in the hospital's surgeries were from the Red Cross.

1) Telephone investigation with Hospital:

Subject of Investigation: Yang Ming, Director of the No. 181 Hospital of PLA (Guilin, Guangxi)

Date of Investigation: January 21, 2017
Director Yang Ming: We are responsible for helping you with the donor problem, and the most important thing now is (for you) to come here first.... Don't worry too much about it. Investigator: How can there be so many donations?
Director Yang Ming: We sure have a lot! We supply [organs to] the entire China. We do quite a lot!.”[14]

(Recording 5. Download: MP3; Transcript Download: pdf 96)

2) Telephone investigation with the Red Cross:

Subject of Investigative: Staff on duty, Organ Donation Office of the Red Cross of Guilin, Guangxi

Date of Investigation: September 12, 2016

Investigator: Were the 165 donations all made this year?
Staff on duty: That’s impossible! It was since the work on organ donations started.
Investigator: How many donations were made this year?
Staff on duty: I cannot disclose the figure to you[15].

(Recording 6. Download MP3; Transcript Download: pdf 204)

Subject of Investigation: Staff on duty, Organ Donation Office of the Red Cross Society of Guilin, Guangxi

Date of Investigation: November 24, 2016

Investigator: The No. 181 Hospital did over 30 kidney transplants in July, and the organs were not from the Red Cross?
Staff on duty: They were not.[16]

(Recording 7. Download: MP3; Transcript Download pdf 205)

V. List of Responsible Persons

JFJ924-001 Wen Mingbo, Male.

Personal Profile: Associate Chief Surgeon, Director of Hepatobiliary Surgery Department; standing member of the Professional Committee of Organ Transplantation of Guangxi Medical Association, and standing member of the Professional Committee of Organ Transplantation of Guangzhou Military Region.

Graduated from Xiangya Medical College of Zhongnan University (formerly Hunan Medical University) in 1990 and engaged in the clinical and scientific research work of hepatobiliary surgery for nearly 20 years, studied at Zhujiang Hospital of the First Military Medical University and Southwest Hospital of the Third Military Medical University

Specializing in liver transplantation[17].

JFJ924-002 Chen Youjiang, Male.

Personal Profile: Chief Surgeon of General Surgery, Chief of Section; current member at deputy-director level of the Professional Committee of Organ Transplantation of the Guangzhou Military Region; and member at deputy-director level of the Professional Committee of Organ Transplantation of Guangxi Province; also member of the Professional Committee of hepatobiliary surgery of the PLA.

Graduated from the First Military Medical University in July 1984 and engaged in general surgery for 25 years. Studied in the Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital of the Second Military Medical University, the General Surgery Department of Changhai Hospital, the Hepatobiliary Surgery Department of the Southwest Hospital of the Third Military Medical University, and the Laparoscopy Center of the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhongshan Medical University.

Was the first to conduct allogeneic liver transplantation. l Completed more than 100 cases of liver transplants to date[18].

JFJ924-003 Huang Gao, Male.

Personal Profile: Hepatobiliary surgeon

Graduated from the School of Medicine of South China University in 2004 and from the postgraduate class of Guangxi Medical University in 2007. Engaged in clinical and research work related to liver transplantation for 5 years[19].

JFJ924-004 Pan Yuchen, male.

Personal Profile: Attending Surgeon, Deputy Director of the Heart Center; member of theProfessional Committee of Organ Transplantation of Guangzhou Military Region.

Graduated from Guangxi Medical University in 1996 and engaged in cardiothoracic and vascular surgery for more than 10 years. Further studied cardiovascular surgery in the Medical Center for Children of Xinhua Hospital of Shanghai and the PLA Cardiovascular Surgery Treatment Center at Xinqiao Hospital of the Third Military Medical University.

Especially good at heart transplantation[20].

JFJ924-005 Xuan Yongbo, Male.

Personal Profile: Attending Surgeon at Heart Center

Specializing in heart transplantation for end-stage heart disease[21]

JFJ924-006 Sui Weiguo, Male. Date of Birth: June 1964[22].

Personal Profile: Chief Surgeon, Director of Renal Division, Director of the PLA Kidney Transplantation and Dialysis Treatment Center, member at director level of the Professional Committee of Organ Transplantation of Guangzhou Military Region, and member at director level of the Organ Transplantation Branch of Guangxi Medical Association, standing member of the PLA Organ Transplantation Society, and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Internal Medicine for Organ Transplantation.

Graduated from Huazhong University of Science and Technology. Visiting Scholar at the State University of New York.

In charge of the research project on the use of various blood purification methods to remove antibodies from kidney transplant patients with high allergenicity[23].

JFJ924-007 Liu Zuohai, Male. Date of Birth: November 1943. A native of Liaoning Province[24].

Personal Profile: Chief Surgeon of the PLA Kidney Transplantation and Dialysis Center.

Graduated from the Fourth Military Medical University in 1967. Studied in the General Hospital of Guangzhou Military Region, the Institute of Nephrology of Zhongshan Medical University in Guangzhou, and the Zhujiang Hospital of the First Military Medical University in Guangzhou in 1979, 1981 and 1986, respectively.

Specializing in perioperative and postoperative medical management of kidney transplantation[25].

JFJ924-008 Yan Qiang, Male.

Personal Profile: Associate Chief Surgeon of the PLA Kidney Transplantation and Dialysis Center, Currently standing member of the Professional Committee of the Organ Transplantation of Guangzhou Military Region, and standing member of the Branch of Organ Transplantation of Guangxi Medical Association.

Graduated from the Medical Department of the Second Military Medical University in Shanghai in July 1991 and got his Master’s degree from the First Military Medical University in 2002, majoring in kidney transplantation.

Conducted more than 300 kidney transplant operations independently[26].

Specializing in kidney transplantation.

JFJ924-009 Li Li, Male.

Personal Profile: Attending ophthalmologist, director of the Otorhinolaryngology and adjunct director of the Ophthalmology Center.

Graduated from the First Military Medical University with a Master's degree and engaged in ophthalmology clinic for 19 years.

Conducted 100 corneal transplant surgeries from January 18, 2003 to June 30, 2007[27].

Specializing in corneal transplant surgery.

JFJ924-010 Li Liangmao, Male.

Personal Profile: Associate Chief Ophthalmologist, director of Otorhinolaryngology and adjunct director of Ophthalmology Center.

Graduated from First Military Medical University with a Master's degree and engaged in ophthalmic clinical practice for 23 years.

Conducted 120 corneal transplant surgeries from January 18, 2003 to June 30, 2010[28].

Specializing in corneal transplant surgery.

Reference：

[1] Introduction to PLA No. 181 Hospital, www.chealth.org.cn.

http://www.chealth.org.cn/mon/hospitals/article/MG143027854.html

https://archive.is/wip/B3w3Z

[2] Introduction to No. 924 Hospital, zgui.com.

https://www.zgui.com/guilin/zgrmjfj181/

https://archive.is/wip/hZLIE

[3] Website of National Health and Family Planning Commission of the People's Republic of China. The Notice of Ministry of Health on carrying out correctly the registration of clinic subjects of human organs transplantation. Annex 1: the list of the hospitals that have passed the examination of board of clinic application of human organs transplant technology of the Ministry of Health. Aug. 6, 2007.

http://www.moh.gov.cn/mohyzs/s3585/200804/18974.shtml

Link to WOIPFG Archives:

http://www.zhuichaguoji.org/cn/images/nationalcriminalreports/400.png

[4] The No. 181 Hospital of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) - Introduction to the PLA Renal Transplant and Dialysis Treatment Center

Retrieved from http://www.gl181.com/tese.asp?id=23

Link to WOIPFG Archives: WOIPFG Archived Link:
http://www.zhuichaguoji.org/cn/images/nationalcriminalreports/841.pdf

[5] The No. 181 Hospital of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) - Introduction to the PLA Renal Transplant and Dialysis Treatment Center

http://www.gl181.com/tese.asp?id=23

Link to WOIPFG Archives:
http://www.zhuichaguoji.org/cn/images/nationalcriminalreports/841.pdf

[6] Overview of PLA Renal Transplant and Dialysis Treatment Center, PLA No.181 Hospital.
Retrieved from http://www.gl181.com/tese.asp?id=23
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[9]Tencent.com News: China's Brain Death Legislation Blank 90% of Doctors Don't Know the Identification Standards August 22, 2014

Link to WOIPFG Files:

http://www.zhuichaguoji.org/cn/images/medicalarticles/10.png

[10] A report of 29 cases with early outcome of orthotopic heart transplantation by Pan Yuchen, Luo Aiguo, Zhu Zhongquan, Tang Kaiwei, Xuan Yongbo, Zuo Yan, and Zhan Yufei; “Journal of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Diseases”, 2014, Vol. 33, No. 01, pp. 28-30,37. ( The Heart Center of the No. 181 Hospital of the People's Liberation Army, Guangxi, 541002).

WOIPFG Archived Links:

http://www.zhuichaguoji.org/cn/images/medicalarticles/16901.pdf

http://www.zhuichaguoji.org/cn/images/medicalarticles/16902.pdf

http://www.zhuichaguoji.org/cn/images/medicalarticles/16903.pdf

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[11] WOIPFG Investigative Report on the Chinese Communist Party’s Ongoing Crime of Organ Harvesting from Living Falun Dafa Practitioners (III) https://www.upholdjustice.org/node/389

[12] WOIPFG Investigative Report on the Chinese Communist Party’s Ongoing Crime of Organ Harvesting from Living Falun Dafa Practitioners (III) https://www.upholdjustice.org/node/389

[13] WOIPFG Investigative Report on the Chinese Communist Party’s Ongoing Crime of Organ Harvesting from Living Falun Dafa Practitioners (III)
https://www.upholdjustice.org/node/389

[14] WOIPFG Investigative Report on the Chinese Communist Party’s Ongoing Crime of Organ Harvesting from Living Falun Dafa Practitioners (III)
https://www.upholdjustice.org/node/389

[15] WOIPFG Investigative Report on the Chinese Communist Party’s Ongoing Crime of Organ Harvesting from Living Falun Dafa Practitioners (III)
https://www.upholdjustice.org/node/389

[16] WOIPFG Investigative Report on the Chinese Communist Party’s Ongoing Crime of Organ Harvesting from Living Falun Dafa Practitioners (III)
https://www.upholdjustice.org/node/389

[17] Profile of Wen Mingbo, the No. 181 Hospital of the People's Liberation Army (PLA).
http://www.gl181.com/ExpertsDetail.asp?i=93

[18] Profile of Chen Youjiang, the No. 181 Hospital of the People's Liberation Army (PLA).
http://www.gl181.com/ExpertsDetail.asp?i=71

https://web.archive.org/web/20110711172012/http://www.gl181.com/ExpertsDetail.asp?i=71

[19] Profile of Huang Gao, the No. 181 Hospital of the People's Liberation Army (PLA).
http://www.gl181.com/ExpertsDetail.asp?i=94

https://web.archive.org/web/20110711172551/http://www.gl181.com/ExpertsDetail.asp?i=94

[20] Profile of Pan Yuchen, the No. 181 Hospital of the People's Liberation Army (PLA).
http://www.gl181.com/ExpertsDetail.asp?i=52

https://web.archive.org/web/20110711165412/http://www.gl181.com/Experts…

[21] Profile of Dr. Xuan Yongbo, Good Doctors Online.
http://www.haodf.com/doctor/DE4r0BCkuHzdehnMwk-4uSXys8lfo.htm

https://web.archive.org/web/20140806091056/http://www.haodf.com/doctor/DE4r0BCkuHzdehnMwk-4uSXys8lfo.htm

[22]Profile of Sui Weiguo, www.baike.baidu.com.

https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E7%9C%AD%E7%BB%B4%E5%9B%BD

https://archive.is/wip/rKq2s