Famous surgeon, former lawmaker dies

BEIJING - Wu Jieping, a founder of China's urinary surgery science and former leader of the non-Communist party Jiu San Society, died on Wednesday night at the age of 94.

Widely recognized as a defining figure in the Chinese medical profession, Wu made remarkable contributions to medical science in general and the practice of urinary surgery in particular.

Wu is responsible for a variety of surgical innovations, including the use of a special urethral catheter in prostate surgery. The device came to be known as the Wu Catheter. His medical team also performed the first kidney transplant in China in 1960.