From Xinhua, via China Daily:
China’s Ministry of Health has banned trade in human sperm, eggs, zygotes and embryos and laid down new regulations for assisted reproductive therapy (ART).
A statement from the ministry said it had appointed a panel of specialists to examine and deliberate on licence applications to carry out assisted reproduction operations and open sperm banks.
Eighty-eight organizations have been certified to carry out assisted-reproduction treatment in China, and 10 organizations have been approved to establish sperm banks, said the announcement. [Full Text]
