China sees growth in voluntary blood donations for over 20 consecutive years

Volunteers attend a blood donation event in Lianyungang, east China's Jiangsu Province, Jan. 17, 2019. China has witnessed more than 20 years of consecutive growth in the number of voluntary blood donations, from around 300,000 in 1998 to nearly 15 million in 2018, an official with the National Health Commission (NHC) announced on June 10, 2019. The volume of blood collected has also seen a marked increase of more than four times the amount since the Blood Donation Law took effect in 1998, said Zhou Changqiang, deputy director of NHC's Medical Administration Bureau, at a press conference. (Xinhua/Geng Yuhe)