Now that Beijing allows couples to have more than one child, the shortage of sperm donors is highlighting the need for more sperm donors amid a fertility crisis and short supply of sperm in China. In 2015, Shanghai-based Xinmin Evening News reported that local couples may have to wait two to three years for donor sperm.
The human sperm bank in China’s Fujian Province began trial operation on July 13. It is the 28th registered sperm bank in China.
Although China’s sperm banks are not rare, there is a severe shortage of sperm donors. In March 2021, Chongqing sperm bank was “in a state of emergency and urged the public to donate sperm. In 2018, sperm banks in Zhejiang, Shandong, and Jiangxi provinces were “again in an emergency state.” Earlier, sperm banks in Shanxi, Jiangsu, Sichuan, Henan, Guangdong, Hubei and almost every other province had made similar announcements….