About 1,000 residents in Shenyang, capital of Liaoning province, have signed up with the local Red Cross as volunteers to donate their remains for medical research after their death.

The oldest volunteer was 86 while the youngest was 25, head of the Shenyang Red Cross Liu Xicheng said.

Those who donate their bodies for medical research must do so of their own accord, with the agreement of all their family members, by notarization.

(China News Service/China Daily)