Shorter intervals between donations

The Ministry of Health's latest amendments to the Whole Blood and Component Donor Selection Requirement are in response to a shortage of donated blood, which continues to be a problem in China despite the government's efforts to raise people's awareness about the need for blood.

Even though China's Blood Donation Law introduced in 1998 encouraged all citizens between the age of 18 and 55 to donate blood, only 84 out of 10,000 people donate blood in China.

This is far below the 454 people out of every 10,000 people who donate blood in high-income countries.