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This is NEWS Plus Special English. I'm Liu Yan in Beijing. Here is the news.

A medical expert says there is no room for organ donation from criminals on death row in China.

The head of a national human organ donation and transplant committee, Huang Jiefu, says the number of organ donors saw an increase after China banned the use of organs from executed prisoners this year, with almost 2,300 organ donations so far in 2005.

It is estimated that a record high of more than 10,000 organs will have been transplanted in the whole year.

Huang guaranteed that there is not a single organ from executed prisoners in the organ transplant response system.

When asked whether organs from condemned prisoners who donate voluntarily should be permitted, Huang said it is inappropriate to talk about the issue while China's legal system is not yet sound.

He added that mixing organs from executed prisoners with other loving donors will lead to mistrust in the donation system.

China has long focused on the issue of prisoner organs. In 2011, unauthorized organ trade was listed as a crime in an amendment to China's Criminal Law. A new system for organ management and distribution was launched in 2013 to better regulate the source of donations.

This is NEWS Plus Special English.

No country in the world delivers more packages than China thanks to booming e-commerce, but a recent report revealed that many goods are not properly packaged when being delivered.

Overuse of tape, plastic bags and stuffing materials has led to excessive packaging for parcels, and there are no clear rules on how to dispose of these materials.

A report jointly issued by the State Post Bureau and Beijing Institute of Graphic Communication says packing materials including tape and plastics are very damaging to the environment and should be recycled.

Packaging has ballooned into a multi-billion yuan business in China as more goods ordered online are being delivered by courier services. But so far, the country only stipulates requirements on how to dispose of courier receipts.

The report urged regulators and companies to make an effort to reduce the environmental impact of excessive packaging.

You're listening to NEWS Plus Special English. I'm Liu Yan in Beijing.

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