China will cooperate with Italy and Spain to improve the country's national-level human organ distribution system, ensuring the safety of organ donors and receivers as well as enhancing professional training.

The Chinese research center for organ distribution and sharing system signed cooperation agreements Saturday separately with an Italian organization and a Spanish one in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province.

There are annually 300,000 patients in China waiting for organs, and the country now has 164 qualified hospitals for practicing human organs transplantation.

Global Times – Agencies