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SENIOR CCP OFFICIALS RELY ON ORGANS FROM PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE TO EXTEND THEIR
LIVES: REP. SMITH


STOP FORCED ORGAN HARVESTING ACT AIMS TO HOLD CCP OFFICIALS ACCOUNTABLE

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Doctors carry fresh organs for transplant at a hospital in Henan Province,
China, on Aug. 16, 2012. Screenshot via Sohu.com
By Jessica Mao and Olivia Li
3/31/2023Updated: 4/1/2023
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Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.) said that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) forcibly
harvests organs from prisoners of conscience, including Falun Gong
practitioners, while still alive, because of their excellent health, and
transplants them into elderly CCP officials to extend their lives.

The Stop Forced Organ Harvesting Act of 2023 (H.R. 1154), drafted by Smith, is
currently being before the U.S. Senate for consideration. The bill was
overwhelmingly passed in the House of Representatives on March 27 and aims to
hold CCP officials accountable and impose civil or criminal penalties on those
who are found to be guilty. This is the first concrete legislative effort by the
United States to combat the CCP’s appalling practice of organ harvesting.
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Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.) at the Policy Forum on Organ Procurement and
Extrajudicial Execution in China on Capitol Hill on March 10, 2020. Samira
Bouaou/The Epoch Times

In a press release on the day the bill passed, Smith stated that the bill is
intended to combat the CCP’s “ghoulish industry of stealing organs from young
people,” especially Falun Gong practitioners, “whose peaceful meditation and
exercise practices—and exceptional good health—make their organs highly
desirable.”

“We also know though open-source Chinese language media that elderly high
ranking Chinese Communist Party officials have received replacement organs from
the very people they despise and oppress at the People’s Liberation Army
Hospital 301 in Beijing,” the statement read.

Jing Suo, a Falun Gong practitioner from Liaoning Province who now lives in the
United States, agreed with Smith’s statement. Jing told the Chinese-language
Epoch Times on March 29 that Falun Gong practitioners are often looked down upon
and have no social status in China.

CCP officials “are particularly disrespectful to Falun Gong practitioners,” he
said after witnessing many officials and police officers treating Falun Gong
practitioners as inferior and scolding them like animals.


AIM TO PROLONG LIVES TO 150

In a video ad that went viral on Sept. 15 of 2019, Beijing’s 301 Hospital,
touted that it was running a project dedicated to maintaining Chinese leaders’
health and that the next stage is prolonging their lives to 150 years.

The ad was shown on WeChat, a Facebook-like social media platform. It soon
sparked public outrage and was blocked the next day.

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The 301 Hospital is a military hospital. It is rated the number one hospital in
China, and is where top Chinese leaders often receive their medical care. The ad
was intended to promote the hospital by bragging about its advanced health
project for Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leaders.
The 301 military hospital in Beijing on July 6, 2011. Liu Jin/AFP/Getty Images

“With 60 years of development, the health project for our leaders has made
tremendous progress,” the ad says. “From preventative medicine, medical care to
recuperation, this comprehensive project focuses on prevention of cancer and
cardiovascular disease, anti-aging, chronic disease management, regeneration of
organ function, and healthy lifestyles. It is a unique health regimen that
combines traditional Chinese medicine principles with Western medical
technology.”

The ad claimed that this health regimen is the best in the world, and supports
this claim by saying that the average life expectancy of the CCP leaders is 88,
based on available data in 2008. This is generally older than that of the
leaders of Western developed countries.

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The very end of the ad revealed that a project called “981 Health Project for
Leaders” was launched in 2005 that aimed at extending Chinese leaders’ lives to
150.


CCP OFFICIALS RECEIVING ORGAN TRANSPLANTS

Gao Zhanxiang, former Deputy Minister of Culture and Vice Chairman of the China
Federation of Literary and Art Circles, died of illness on Dec. 9, 2022, in
Beijing. A eulogy released by another CCP official revealed that Gao had
undergone multiple organ transplant surgeries when he was alive.

The eulogy said: “In recent years, Gao Zhanxiang has been fighting against
illness with perseverance. He has replaced many of his internal organs, and
joked that many of his ‘parts’ were not his own.”

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Another CCP official, Jin Renqing, was also found to be a transplant recipient
as a result of a eulogy. A former Chinese Minister of Finance, he passed away on
August 27, 2021, at his home in Beijing. A close friend released a eulogy
online, saying that Jin had received the heart of a 28-year-old man.

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“Nine years ago, he had a heart transplant due to his long-term heart disease,
and the surgery was very successful. Everyone joked that he was a ‘68-year-old
man with a 28-year-old heart.’ After the surgery, he became active again and
often participated in various activities. Even after he resigned, he continued
to enjoy the treatment of a minister-level official. The unit even provided him
with a car and driver, and he had a worry-free retirement life. Jin had
repeatedly told us that the country (CCP) treated him very well.”


CCP MAINTAINS A MASSIVE LIVE ORGAN DONOR POOL

The World Organization to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong (WOIPFG),
based in the United States, has investigated over more than a decade and found
that the CCP maintains a massive live organ donor pool for its organ transplant
industry.

According to WOIPFG investigation reports, evidence reveals that after the CCP
began persecuting Falun Gong in 1999, China’s organ transplant industry saw
explosive growth. Waiting times for organs were extremely short. There were
shocking numbers of emergency transplants, using people alive as backup donors.
Multiple transplant surgeries were conducted simultaneously. For instance, a
Chinese hospital performed 24 kidney or liver-kidney transplants in a single
day. The donor organs were found to have no or extremely short warm ischemia
time. Ischemia time refers to the time the blood supply to the organ is cut off
until it is restored after transplantation.

Falun Gong practitioners take part in a parade to commemorate the 23rd
anniversary of the persecution of the spiritual discipline in China, in New
York's Chinatown on July 10, 2022. Larry Dye/The Epoch Times

After the first public exposure of live organ harvesting in 2006, there was
suddenly a spike in organ transplants in China and even free liver and kidney
transplant promotions. Meanwhile, detained Falun Gong practitioners, who were
being subjected to physical and mental abuse, were also forced to take blood
tests, but were never informed of the results.

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WOIPFG analyzed over 300 papers from more than 200 hospitals in various
provinces and cities in China and found descriptions of the donor’s gender, age,
pre-existing medical conditions, cause of death, the steps of organ extraction,
the description of cold and warm ischemia time, and the time of organ transplant
surgery, all suggest that the CCP maintains a massive live organ donor pool. The
large number of illegally detained, healthy Falun Gong practitioners are likely
the main source of live donors.


CCP’S MOST SENSITIVE NERVE

In an interview with The Epoch Times on March 30, China expert and U.S.-based
political commentator Tang Jingyuan stated that the passage of the recent bill
in the U.S. House of Representatives, which directly sanctions the CCP for
forced organ harvesting and specifically mentions Falun Gong, has struck a nerve
with the CCP, touching upon one of their most sensitive issues.

Tang explained that there is an important background to this bill. After the CCP
launched its persecution of Falun Gong in 1999, it has used almost all resources
to silence and cover up the persecution worldwide, which has made many Western
governments reluctant to directly mention Falun Gong in government-level
discussions.

“These governments didn’t want to offend the CCP,” Tang said. “But now ... the
United States is becoming increasingly aware that the CCP is exporting its evil
means of persecuting its own people to the international community. Now the U.S.
officials are directly sanctioning the CCP for forced organ harvesting, which is
the most crucial issue, and directly mentioning Falun Gong, which is equivalent
to hitting the CCP’s most sensitive nerve.”

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Jessica Mao is a writer for The Epoch Times with a focus on China-related
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