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China Ends Foreign Adoption

We have received word from the State Department that China has decided to officially end their international adoption program — and will not complete adoptions already in process from the country. We are especially heartbroken for the many matched children and families who have been waiting to unite since the Chinese government suspended all adoption processing at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. We are devastated for these children and families and for all the children who will be left to grow up in orphanages because of this decision.

Over the past 32 years, Holt has helped more than 7,700 children from China join loving, permanent families in the U.S. In more recent years, Holt’s China team helped find loving families for many children with medical, developmental, cognitive or emotional disabilities or special needs.

Moving forward, we will continue to provide in-country programs and services for orphaned and vulnerable children — improving the quality of care children receive in orphanages and group homes, and providing support and resources to strengthen families that might otherwise separate under the strains of poverty.

Read the letter from the State Department here.

We are here to support and counsel all families and adoptees impacted by this news, and we encourage incoming families to explore our two other adoption programs in the region — Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Holt still does relative adoptions from China. Learn more!

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