"The more respect we pay to prisoners on death row, the more citizens will donate their organs," said Huang.
In 2014, voluntary donation from Chinese citizens became the major source of transplant organs, accounting for 80 percent of all donated organs, Huang added.
Huang said use of organs from executed prisoners was a "reluctant option", which violates medical virtues and had long been criticized by the international community.
The option has gradually been phased out since China set up a system of voluntary donation in 2010, resulting in a final ban this year.
MOTIVATE MORE DONORS
Government statistics show that about 300,000 patients each year need organ transplants in China, while just more than 10,000 received such operations.
While lack of organs is the primary reason, Huang says the high cost paid by recipients of donated organs for the transplant surgery is another contributor for the disparity.
From 2010 to the end of January, a total of 3,326 people donated their organs after death, an average of less than 900 donors every year. The rate is quite low rate considering the 6 million deaths each year in China.
Instead of traditions such as keeping the deceased's body intact, poor administrative management is often the first target of blame for the low donation rate, said Huang.
A poll conducted by Huang's committee showed more than 40 percent of the surveyed were not sure whether to donate organs or not. The found part of the reason people are unsure, Huang says, is because they don't know who or how the organs will be used.
"So it is vital to establish an open and transparent organ distribution system, under which every organ can be traced back to the exact donors," he said.
China has developed an automatic organ distribution and sharing system, which sequences the patients according to the severity of illness and other internationally recognized factors.
