Jiang, who is a senior member of the Communist Party of China (CPC), decided five years ago to donate his body upon death to medical research after watching a news report on the subject. He said the decision was out of sincere thankfulness to society and the CPC. However, his family and neighbors were all against his "radical idea" saying the lack of a traditional funeral would affect the "family grace".

Yet their opinion could not sway Jiang, and this year, as the prostate cancer he has suffered enters its terminal stage, his family has agreed to help him realize his final wish, helping him register as a donor with the An'hui Red Cross Association. [Photo/Asianewsphoto]

Jiang and his daughter tell the body donation stories during an interview at Jiang's hometown in Chaohu, Central China's An'hui province on June 26, 2011.

The 77-year-old cancer-suffer, a senior Party member of the Communist Party of China (CPC) got his body-donation certificate after five years "struggle" with his family. He said the decision was out of sincere thankfulness to the society and the Chinese Communist Party.[Photo/Asianewsphoto]