Seven hundred Chinese donated 1,918 organs from the start of 2010 to March 20, national newspaper Health News reported on March 22, citing the National Organ Donation Center.

With China legalizing posthumous human organ donation in 2010, the center said that the 700th donator was a 15-year-old boy from east China's Shandong Province, whose organs saved three lives and helped two patients recover their sight.

There are currently 18,745 registered volunteer organ donors across the country.

The center said that its donation information database might come into service this year, facilitating equal distribution of donated organs.

Prior to 2010, no legal channels existed for posthumous human organ donation in China.