CornealdiseasesarecurrentlythesecondmaincauseofblindnessinChina.Althoughmostofthecornealblindnesscouldbetreatedbycornealtransplantation,onlyabout10000operationswerecarriedouteachyearowingtothesevereshortageofcornealdonorsandlimitedeyebankprograms.AfeasiblecorneadonationprogramwasestablishedthroughtheorganizationoftheRedCross,andinsitucornealremovaltechniquesweredevelopedtoavoidconflictswithChinesetraditionsofkeepingthedeceasedintact.Thenumberofdonatedcorneas,whichhadasafeandsecurequality,increasedsignificantlyyearbyyear.