Firstly, "where foreigners come to China for adoption, they
should come to China in person to go through the registration
formalities. Where a foreign couple adopts a child in concert, they
should come to China in concert and go through the adoption
formalities; when one of the spouses cannot come to China for some
reasons, the other spouse should submit Power of Attorney on
his/her behalf and it should be notarized and authenticated."
Secondly, foreigners who come to China for adoption should
conclude a written adoption agreement with the person placing out
the child for adoption. The adoption agreement should include in
general such contents as the adopters' willingness to adopt, the
consent of the person placing out the child for adoption and both
parties agree to establish adoptive relationship. The agreement
shall be done in triplicate, the adopters, the person placing out
the child for adoption and the adoption registration organ each
keep one copy.
Thirdly, foreign adopters, the person placing out the child for
adoption and the adoptee should go together to the civil affairs
department of the people's government of the province, autonomous
region or municipality under the jurisdiction of the Central
Government for the adoptive registration in the locality of the
adoptee's permanent residence. During the course of registration,
the foreign adopters should as required, fill in the registration
application for adoption of children in China and submit to the
registration organ the Notice of Coming to China for Adoption
issued by the China Center of Adoption Affairs, identity credence
and photos of the adopters. The registration organ will conduct
examination within 7 days from the following day of the receipt of
the registration application for adoption of children by foreigners
who come to China, handle the adoption registration and issue
registration certificate to the adopters in conformity with the
Registration Measures for Adoption of Children by Foreigners in the
People's Republic of China. The adoptive relationship will be thus
established as of the date of registration.
(China-ccaa.org October 16, 2006)
