Sperm bank in China holds competition for university students to find out who has the most ‘vigorous swimmers’
- Sperm quality has been declining, said the bank, with only 25 to 30 per cent of donations usable
- The bank said the participants will be anonymous and that their sperm will not be used or stored
Shanghai’s only sperm bank has kicked off a sperm health competition among university students to raise awareness about reproductive health.
The Shanghai Human Sperm Bank has invited university students in the city to get a free check-up of their sperm during the summer break to find out whose sperm has the highest concentration of swimmers and whose are the most vigorous, the institute announced on WeChat last week.
Participants will be registered anonymously, so the winners will be “nameless heroes”, said the institute.
The sperm competition is not to collect sperm from university students, but to raise awareness among young people about reproductive health, said Chen Xiangfeng, a doctor from Shanghai Renji Hospital who is in charge of the sperm bank.
“Don’t pay attention to it only after you enter the child-bearing age. With an early awareness, you can change unhealthy living habits and lifestyle in a timely manner,” he told news portal Thepaper, adding that many university students have shown interest in the competition.