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WOIPFG's Investigative Report on the Alleged Organ Harvesting of Living Falun Gong Practitioners by Tan Jianming, former Deputy Director of the No.900 Hospital of the PLA Joint Logistic Support Force
Feb 20, 2025

Summary

Tan Jianming, former vice president of Fuzhou General Hospital of Nanjing Military Region and director of urology department, chief surgeon. Professor of Organ Transplantation Department of Sun Yat-sen University-affiliated Fifth Hospital. Since 2000, he has served concurrently as director of transplantation urology department of the First People's Hospital affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University for 7 years with the approval of Nanjing Military Region. Since 2001, he has served concurrently as director of Shanghai Organ Transplantation Clinical Medicine Center for 6 years, director of Organ Transplantation Institute of Shanghai Jiaotong University and director of Shanghai Tissue Matching Center.

In 2011, the Renal Transplantation and Dialysis Treatment Center of Fuzhou General Hospital of Nanjing Military Region led by Tan Jianming became the Institute of Cell and Organ Transplantation of the Army. The transplants carried out range from large organ transplants such as kidney, liver, and pancreas to pancreatic islet cell, stem cell transplants and corneal transplants, from single organ transplants to multiple organ transplants, including eleven types. The hospital's website shows that the cumulative number of kidney transplants ranks first in the country, and the annual transplant volume has ranked among the top three in the country for six consecutive years. Tan Jianming performed a kidney transplant operation on a patient at Shanghai First People's Hospital in 2003, using 8 spare kidneys in more than 2 months.

Tan Jianming participated in human body experiments and conducted more than 40 human body "islet cell transplantation" experiments in at least two years. According to incomplete data, as of June 2014, Tan Jianming had led more than 4,200 kidney transplants. According to a Taiwan intermediary, he introduced Taiwanese patients to Tan Jianming, and nearly 40,000 kidneys were replaced by Tan Jianming for patients from Taiwan.

In view of the broader background of the Chinese Communist Party's state crime of organ harvesting from living Falun Gong practitioners, since the No.900 Hospital of the PLA Joint Logistic Support Force (previously Fuzhou General Hospital of PLA Nanjing Military Command) has been involved in the crime, Tan Jianming, the former vice president of the hospital and the director of hospital's Urology Department, is a major suspect.

Tan Jianming, Vice President of Fuzhou General Hospital of Nanjing Military Command, PLA, and Director of the hospital’s Urological Surgery, Chief Surgeon, Doctoral Advisor; Head of Organ Transplant Discipline of National Key Clinical Specialties; Director of the PLA Institute of Organ Transplant.

Deputy director level member of Chinese Society of Organ Transplant, Chinese Medical Association (CMA); director level member of Organ Transplant Branch of Fujian Society.[1] Professor and doctoral supervisor of the Organ Transplantation Department of Sun Yat-sen University-affiliated Fifth Hospital. Member of the Standing Committee of the Chinese Organ Transplantation Society, member of the PLA Medical Science and Technology Committee, and deputy director level member of the PLA Urology Committee[2].

Director of Urological Transplant Program for seven year since 2000 at Shanghai General Hospital affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University upon approval by Nanjing Military Command; Director of Shanghai Organ Transplant Clinical Medical Center for six years since 2001; Director of Institute of Organ Transplant of Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Director of Shanghai Tissue Matching Center.

In 2011, the PLA Kidney Transplant and Dialysis Treatment Center of Fuzhou General Hospital of Nanjing Military Region led by Tan Jianming was upgraded to the PLA Institute of Cell and Organ Transplant. [3] Eleven major types of transplants have been carried out, ranging from large organ transplants such as kidney, liver and pancreas, to islet cell and stem cell and corneal transplants, and from single organ transplants to multi-organ transplants.

The hospital website shows its cumulative kidney transplants ranked first in China and the annual transplant volume ranks among the top three for six consecutive years. The laboratory of transplant and urology was approved as the key laboratory of transplant biology in Fujian Province, the engineering technology research center of stem cell application in Fujian Province, and the key laboratory of organ reconstruction and tissue repair of PLA in 2009 and 2010. [4]

The source of donors is so abnormally sufficient and the number of transplants in a single day is so huge that unusual phenomenon has appeared. For example, a patient of kidney transplant used 8 backup kidneys; a patient of liver transplant couldn’t match seven liver sources; emergency transplants were conducted; five liver sources were delivered simultaneously; and one transplant was completed in 17 hours, etc.

According to the report “Bloody Organ Harvest”, Tan Jianming, [5]Director of Urological Surgery at Fuzhou General Hospital of Nanjing Military Command, PLA, once used eight backup kidneys for one patient’s kidney transplant in two months at Fuzhou General Hospital of Nanjing Military Command, PLA in 2003, and the 8th kidney was successful. [6]

Tan Jianming participated in the human body experiment. He conducted at least more than 40 human islet cell transplant trials in two years. In the second half of 2002 when the research was at its lowest, more than 40 human pancreas trials failed. At the end of 2002, the separation of human pancreatic cells was successful as well as the adult pancreas digestion, islet cell separation, purification and effective processing, etc. In early 2003, Tan Jianming performed islet cell transplant on a 13-year-old diabetic patient. [7]

By June, 2014, Tan Jianming had performed more than 4,200 kidney transplants, 23 liver-kidney combined transplants, nine pancreas-kidney combined transplants, 45 kidney-islet transplants, one liver-pancreas-kidney combined transplant, 786 kidney-stem cell combined transplants, and one kidney-islet-stem cell combined transplant. [8]   According to a Taiwanese intermediary, nearly 40,000 kidneys were used by Tan Jianming for patients from Taiwan. 

 

References

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http://health.people.com.cn/n/2014/0604/c385611-25104541.html

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[2]《百度健康》中山大学附属第五医院器官移植科谭建明医生简介

https://web.archive.org/web/20240517122257/https://health.baidu.com/doctordec/jianjie/9000244053

"Baidu Health" Introduction to Dr. Tan Jianming, Organ Transplantation Department, Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University

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[4] Fzzyy.com. “Urological Transplant, Fuzhou General Hospital of Nanjing Military Command.”

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[5] People.com.cn. “Advanced deeds of Tan Jianming.”
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[6] Matas, David and David Kilgour. “Bloody Harvest-Revised Report into Allegations of Organ Harvesting of Falun Gong Practitioners in China.” February 25, 2007. https://organharvestinvestigation.net/.

[7] Gmw.cn. “Tan Jianming: Master Global Discourse of Clinical Transplant.” December 24, 2006.

http://www.gmw.cn/01gmrb/2006-12/24/content_526553.htm.

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[8] People.cn. “Advanced deeds of Tan Jianming.” June 4, 2014. http://health.people.com.cn/n/2014/0604/c385611-25104541.html.

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