Foreign adopters coming to China for adoption, when going through matters relating to adoption in China should pay service fee to the China Center of Adoption Affairs; registration fee to the registration organ; service fees to passport and notarization.

In accordance with the stipulations set forth in the Registration Measures for Adoption of Children by Foreigners in the People's Republic of China, for the purpose of providing for the abandoned infants and children living in the social welfare institutes, the State encourages foreign adopters and foreign adoption organizations to make donations to the social welfare institutes. The social welfare institutes which accept donations could reach agreement with the donors, specifying the property descriptions, their quality, quantity and uses. After having received the donations, the social welfare institutes should write out legal and valid receipts for the donors. All the donations must be used to improve the nurturing conditions for the abandoned infants and children reared by the social welfare institutes and must not be misappropriated for other purposes. The social welfare institutes accepting donations should inform the donors of the use of the donations, both financial and material. They should also subject themselves to the supervision of the departments concerned and make public the use of the donations.

(China-ccaa.org October 16, 2006)