PENNSYLVANIA, May 5 - Committee, Dr. Huang Jiefu, claimed that China would stop

sourcing organs from executed prisoners on January 1, 2015, yet

no official agency of the People's Republic of China has made

this declaration nor has Huang's claim been verified by

independent researchers; and

WHEREAS, Chinese officials have reclassified death row

prisoners as "ordinary citizens" with the right to donate their

organs, although the use of prisoner organs for transplant is

specifically banned by international medical organizations; and

WHEREAS, In May 2016, Huang Jiefu announced via state-run

media that China will increase the number of transplant centers

from 169 to 300 over the next five years; and

WHEREAS, The latest research estimates that the People's

Republic of China performs far more organ transplants each year

than its official figure of 10,000 indicates, and more than any

other country in the world, despite having few voluntary donors;

and

WHEREAS, Updated evidence estimates between 30,000 to 100,000

transplants occur annually in China without identified organ

sources; and

WHEREAS, Updated evidence suggests up to 1.5 million Falun

Gong practitioners may have been killed for their organs since

2001; and

WHEREAS, In 2015, the United States Commission on

International Religious Freedom's annual report again listed

China as a "country of particular concern," due to severe

violations of human rights and illegal organ harvesting

practices stating, "Imprisoned Falun Gong practitioners are

particularly targeted"; and

WHEREAS, In 2015 and 2016, the Congressional-Executive

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