Intercountry Adoptions
China ratified the Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoptions on September 16, 2005. Pursuant to Article 6 of the Convention, the CCAA is the Central Authority responsible for all inter-country adoptions in China. As such, the CCAA has the overall responsibility for the inter-country adoption of Chinese children. Chinese law governs the adoptibility of Chinese children, regardless of the country where potential adopters reside. Pursuant to Article 4 of the Adoption Law of the People’s Republic of China (Adoption Law), the following children under the age of 14 qualify for adoption: orphans; children who have been abandoned by their parents; and children whose parents are unable to care for them due to “unusual difficulties.”
Adoptions must be fully completed in China, as it is not possible under Chinese law to obtain guardianship over a child for later adoption in a foreign country. Adoptive parents must travel to China to finalize the adoption of a child. In the event only one parent is able to travel to China to finalize the adoption, the spouse who travels to China must bring a notarized power of attorney for the other spouse.
Read more about this topic: China Center Of Adoption Affairs