Sperm cryopreservation in the human sperm bank:11-year results of the Chinese mainland sperm banking network

To the Editor:Montegazza in 1866 was the first to suggest banks for frozen human semen.[1]In 1981,China's first human sperm bank was successfully established at the CITIC Xiangya Hospital.During the previous four decades,from 1981 to 2020,there were 27 human sperm banks in Chinese mainland.Human sperm banks provide cryopreservation of spermatozoa services for males needing to preserve fertility for an extended period in the Chinese mainland.