The History of Plastination in China

Abstract

Plastination was introduced in the Chinese province of Jiang Su in 1997. This paper describes the modifications that had to be made to the standard plastination technique to make it accessible to Chinese education institutions and to fulfill the enormous needs for plastinated specimens that were identified in China. In order to reduce the cost, the standard protocol had to be modified. The equipment and polymers also had to be produced locally. This paper also demonstrates that plastination can be made possible for developing countries.