告急的精子庫:開放"二胎"後雪上加霜

Even though China now allows all couples to have two children, infertility is a big hurdle for many looking to expand their family.

儘管中國現在已經允許所有夫婦生兩個孩子，但是不孕不育仍然是很多想要擴充家庭的夫婦們面臨的一大障礙。

According to the China Population Association, more than 40 million people of child-bearing age suffer from infertility, accounting for about 12.5 percent of all people of reproductive age.

據中國人口協會統計，共有超過4千萬的育齡夫婦遭受着不孕不育的困擾，這一數字佔育齡夫婦總數的12.5%。

Sperm banks are one solution, however, due to the high demand, these institutions are also facing a storage shortage.

精子庫是一個解決方案，但是由於需求量太大，這些機構也面臨着庫存短缺。

Ever since early 2014, the official Human Sperm Bank of North China's Shanxi Province has begun putting up advertisements in the region's commercial areas and the train station in the provincial capital Taiyuan to recruit sperm donors. In 2015, the sperm bank opened a WeChat public account to seek donors, but applicants are still lacking.

自2014年起，中國北部山西省的人類精子庫就開始在該地區的商業中心和省會太原市的火車站張貼廣告，招募捐精者。2015年，他們還開放一個微信公衆號以尋求捐贈人，不過申請者仍然不夠。

Healthy men between 20 and 45 are qualified to make donations. However, only about 30 percent of donations finally make it into the sperm bank after going through the bank's rigorous assessment of sperm vitality and blood examinations.

具備資格的捐贈人是年齡在20歲到45歲間的健康男性。然而，經過精子庫對精子活性和血液檢查的嚴格審查，最終只有30%的人能成功捐精。

Most sperm donors in China are college students. Before a donation is finally accepted into the sperm bank, donors have to contribute eight to 12 times for the selection procedure over the course of one or two months. Donors get several hundred yuan for each successful contribution. As a result, the economic returns for a regular donor may act as a kind of scholarship.

在中國，大部分的捐精者是大學生。在捐贈被正式接受前的挑選過程當中，捐贈人需要在一到兩月內提供8到12次精子。每成功捐精一次，捐贈人可以得到幾百元，所以，定期捐贈的經濟回報有點像是一種獎學金。

Unlike private, underground sperm donation facilities, official sperm banks put health and safety first, and nurses do not help donors while they donate despite such rumors online. However, there is a television that plays sensual videos to help with the donation.

與私人捐贈、地下捐贈不同，正規的精子庫是把健康和安全放在首位的。儘管網上曾有類似的謠傳，但是在捐精時，護士們是不會提供幫助的。不過，現場確實有一臺電視，播放性感的視頻來幫助他們捐精。