ChinesescholarshaverealizedtheimportanceofArtificialOrganresearch.TheScienceandTechonlogyCommitteeofChinasetupaspecialworkinggroupin1978inordertodeveloptheresearchprojectsofartificialorgans.TheChineseSocietyofBiomedicalEngineeringestablishedtheArtificialOrgansSocietyandsince1982itholdsconferenceseverythreeyears.