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| Adoption of children from China to the United States began in 1992, when the Chinese government passed a law ratifying international adoption. In 2010, Americans adopted 3,401 children from China. China is a member of the Hague Adoption Convention, and prospective adoptive parents work through U.S. agencies approved by the China Center of Adoption Affairs (CCAA). In 2007, the CCAA placed restrictions on marital status, health, education, income, and previous criminal history. Since then, the wait time for young, healthy children has slowed. As a result, many parents are choosing to adopt children with minor and correctable special needs, because these adoptions are processed at a much faster rate. In March 2011, the CCAA announced that single women may adopt Special Focus children (children who have been on the shared waiting list for more than two months). While 77 percent of children adopted from China are girls (2009), there has been an increase in the number of adopted boys, as they are prevalent in the special needs program. Families who have adopted from China can find strong support networks throughout the U.S. For more information, visit http://adoption.state.gov/country_information/country_specific_info.php?country-select=china. |
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