An 80-year-old public servant and CPC member from Anhui Province decided to donate his remains for medical research as his last contribution to the party, Xinhua reported.

Miao Weimin, the former deputy secretary of the politics and law committee in Taihe County, was diagnosed with gallbladder cancer last September. However, his family had concealed this fact from since his initial diagnosis.

After hearing this month the truth of his medical condition, he decided to contribute his remains for research as his final CPC membership due.

Zhang Xinya, the chief doctor of liver and gall department in local hospital, claimed that Miao was the first individual to sign the donation contract in the county.

(China.org.cn March 27, 2012)

據新華社報道，一名年近80歲的安徽黨員老干部決定捐出遺體供醫學研究，作為自己為黨做出的最后貢獻。

苗為民曾任太和縣原政法委副書記，去年9月查出患有膽囊癌，但家人一直對他隱瞞病情。

今年3月，他得知實情后，決定捐獻自己的遺體作最后一筆“特殊黨費”。

太和縣肝膽科主治醫生張新亞表示，苗為民是該縣第一位簽署遺體器官捐贈承諾書的捐贈者。