A mainland-media report claims that a hospital in China’s Jilin Province offered a promotion: the first 10 children to require a liver transplant would receive the operation free of charge. The World Organization to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong (WOIPFG, 追查国际) phoned the hospital and was able to confirm the availability of donor organs and a short wait time, suggesting an unusually large “surplus” of organs.
A 2017 Chinese-language report stated that Jilin Tourism Radio (吉林旅游广播), together with the Liver Transplant Center of Jilin University First Hospital (吉林大学第一医院), launched the “Sweetheart Child” (心肝宝贝) Liver Transplant Assistance Program. The initiative offered 10 free liver transplant spots for children, covering all in-hospital medical and surgical expenses, though post-discharge follow-up and medication were not included.
The news drew immediate attention from the WOIPFG, which has long accused the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) of forced organ harvesting from prisoners of conscience. WOIPFG investigators contacted the registration office for the program. The staff reportedly confirmed that the free liver transplant program was real and explicitly stated that organ sources were “very sufficient” and transplants could be performed “at any time.”
Further calls allegedly corroborated the program and the ample organ supply:
- Hospital Dean Hua Shucheng admitted the activity was genuine, confirming that the organ sources for the 10 children had been prepared.
- Director of Pediatric Surgery Zhang Haiyu reportedly told investigators that the first 10 transplants would be free, adding that the wait time “would not be too long.” Zhang also revealed that the hospital performs over 200 adult liver transplants annually and was now extending the service to children.
The 2017 investigation by WOIPFG pointed out that from 2017 onward, China surpassed the U.S. in pediatric liver transplant volumes, highlighting Renji Hospital（仁济医院）in Shanghai as the largest children’s liver transplant centre in the world. Alarmingly, the hospital’s own figures, cited in a 2022 Xinhua Net state-media report, show that Shanghai Renji Hospital has held a dominant position in the field, ranking first in the country for overall liver transplants for 11 straight years. More critically, it claimed to be the world’s single-center leader in pediatric liver transplants for nine consecutive years, having completed 3,000 child transplant cases.
Linking child organs to the CCP’s longevity project
WOIPFG’s 2023 investigation further found that children’s organs had commonly been used for adult transplants in various mainland Chinese hospitals.
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On March 21, 2023, Associate Chief Physician and outpatient expert Feng Gang at the Transplant Center of Tianjin First Central Hospital（天津第一中心医院）replied to WOIPFG on the phone “Yes! We can (provide children’s organs for adult transplants).” When the investigator then asked: “How old are the children whose organs you use?” Feng Gang answered: “We have all ages, from a few months old to several years old.”
WOIPFG links the targeting of juvenile and infant organs to a purported “981 Leaders’ Health Project” (981首长健康工程) launched by the Chinese Communist Party in 2005, supposedly aiming to extend the lifespan of top CCP officials to 150 years. This is reportedly due to the belief that infant organs contain stem cells, which can reduce the recipient’s rejection rate and minimize the need for immunosuppressant drugs.
This year, on the day of the Beijing military parade, Sept. 3, the CCP leader Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin were caught on a hot mic discussing “organ transplantation,” “immortality,” and “living to 150 years old” on their way to the parade site, shocking the globe. This also reminded many of the “981 Leader’s Health Project” at the CCP’s 301 Military Hospital launched in May 2025.
The project reportedly consists of three main components: the Health Promotion Project (anti-aging), the Youth Reappearance Project (anti-aging), and the 150-Year Longevity Project (life extension). Critics describe it as part of the CCP’s gruesome “kill–harvest–extend life” industry chain, citing it as further evidence of the regime’s persecution of Falun Gong practitioners and its involvement in large-scale forced organ harvesting since 1999.
Yuan Hongbing, a jurist residing in Australia, also told the Epoch Times that the continuous development and expansion of the “981 Project” are tightly linked to the CCP’s illegal organ transplant activities especially against Falun Gong practitioners. He states, “It incorporates this crime against humanity into a narrative about making people live longer and healthier. This once again proves that the CCP is an evil political mafia group that speaks all the good words while committing all the bad deeds.”
By Li Muzi.
