Huang Jiefu
Dr. Huang Jiefu | |
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| Vice Minister of Health | |
| In office November 2001 – 2013 | |
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| Born | 1946 |
Huang Jiefu M.D. (1946-present) is a surgeon from China. He was formerly China's Vice-Minister of Health.[1]
Studies
Huang Jiefu was born in Hunan Province in China in 1946. He graduated from Sun Yat-Sen University of Medical Sciences in Guangzhou in 1969. He completed his M.S. degree in 1982. He joined University of Sydney as a post-doctoral fellow primarily studying liver transplants.[2]
Medical career
In 1987, he returned to and served the Sun Yat-Sen University of Medical Sciences as Director of its Department of Hepatic Surgery, Director of its First Affiliated Hospital, and President until 2001.[2]
Controversy
In November 2001, Professor Huang then began serving as the Vice Minister in China's Ministry of Health, in charge of international health exchange and cooperation as well as medical education and research.[2]
In 2012 Huang made the public statement "Our government already has regulations related to recovering organs from death row inmates. 'Consent' is not presumed consent - written consent from the prisoner himself or herself as well as his or her family [is needed]."[3][4][5]
In 2013 a number of doctors and academics based out of the Sydney University pushed to revoke Huang's medical license and college honorary professorship role as a result of 'unethical' organ harvesting.[6]
On December 4, 2014, Huang stated, "Starting from January 1, 2015, China would end its reliance on the organs of executed prisoners for transplantation, which means that voluntary organ donations by the public after their death will become the only source of organ donations."[7][8] This reform ostensibly marked a major turning point for Chinese health and prison organ harvesting.[9]
In 2017 Huang attended a international health summit located in the Vatican.[10] The invitation to the summit became a controversy amid reports that China had falsified or withheld information, which would confirm their commitments made in 2015. Additionally, numerous human rights activists and international healthcare officials condemned china's actions, arguing such a change could not have been made from inmate harvestings to public donations.[11]
Huang later recommended a WHO (World Health Organization) initiative for international organ harvesting accountability during the summit.[11]
Recognition
in 2014 Huang Jiefu received honoris causa from the University of Hong Kong.
Huang Has published anywhere from 220 to 415 papers in influential medical journals, edited numerous surgical monographs, undertaken more than 10 cooperative scientific research projects, and obtained eight scientific research achievements at or above the regional, ministry and department level.[citation needed]
See also
References
- ↑ "Huang Jiefu, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Health, Personally Accomplished a DCD Transplant Operation in Lingnan Hospital of The Third Affiliated Hospital-中山大学 SUN YAT-SEN UNIVERSITY". www.sysu.edu.cn. Retrieved 2025-11-15.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "The Honorary Graduates - Biography - HUANG Jiefu". The University of Hong Kong. 2014. Retrieved 20 November 2025.
- ↑ "Chinese transplant doctor responds to critics". ABC News. 2013-05-20. Retrieved 2025-11-19.
- ↑ Romano, Rosalba; Piazza, Ornella (May 2012). "The use of organs from executed prisoners in china". Translational Medicine @ UniSa. 3: 81–82. ISSN 2239-9747. PMC 3728783. PMID 23905057.
- ↑ "China to cut jail organ-harvesting programmes". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2025-11-19.
- ↑ Harvey, Adam (2013-04-29). "Division over honour for Chinese transplant doctor". ABC News. Retrieved 2025-11-19.
- ↑ Editorial Office (April 2015). "Where will the China's organ transplantation move towards?". Hepatobiliary Surgery and Nutrition. 4 (2): 135. doi:10.3978/j.issn.2304-3881.2015.04.04. ISSN 2304-3881. PMC 4405413. PMID 26005680.
- ↑ "China announces end date for taking prisoners' organs". BBC News. 2013-08-16. Retrieved 2025-11-19.
- ↑ Zhao, Hong-Tao; Zheng, Shu-Sen; Fan, Jia; Dong, Jia-Hong; Chen, Zhong-Hua; Xue, Wu-Jun; Ye, Qi-Fa; Wang, Hai-Bo; Chen, Jing-Yu; Zheng, Zhe; Huo, Feng; He, Xiao-Shun; Pu, Miao; Zhao, Jie; Huang, Jie-Fu (2025-02-01). "New chapter in reform and development of organ donation and transplantation in China: Embracing past, grounding in national conditions, upholding steadfast belief, and looking forward to future". Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Diseases International. 24 (1): 6–13. doi:10.1016/j.hbpd.2024.11.007. ISSN 1499-3872. PMID 39609117 Check
|pmid=value (help). - ↑ "Senior Chinese health official to attend Vatican summit". Reuters. February 6, 2017.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Kirchgaessner, Stephanie (2017-02-07). "China may still be using executed prisoners' organs, official admits". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2025-11-19.
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