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Adoption in China
By Peggy Gurrad


Nanchang Municipal Social Welfare Institute 


OutsideThe orphanage is also referred to as Jiangxi Provincial Social Welfare Agency in Nanchang and is in the city. The orphanage is quite a large one, when visited in 1999 I was told they care for over 500 children.  (I traveled with the Amity staff to see the work we're been sponsoring through them.)  This orphanage has been in existence for many years although the current building that houses the children is a fairly new. One family was told it was considered "one of the better orphanages" in China, and also that it's likely that most of babies come from the outlying villages of Nanchang. We traveled to adopt in March 1996 and were not allowed to visit the orphanage.  See China Adoption of Claire Lianne in Sept. 1995 for an account, with some pictures, from a family who did visit.  The last group that I know of that was allowed to visit (before visits were stopped for a few years) was in February 1996.

The Nanchang orphanage now seems to be open to visitors again. I visited in June and November of 1999 with the Amity staff (photos at http://www.gurrad.com/june ) and again in April 2002.  I have heard of quite a few other adopting families that have been allowed to visit around that time or more recently.  A couple families sent photos, one visiting in March 2000 and one in January 2002.

Currently the babies who are getting adopted and were born in 1996 and later all have the surname Hong.Ms. Chen Those born in late 1994 through 1995 (and mostly adopted in 1995 and 1996) had the surname Chen, which is the name of the assistant director Ms. Chen Lingling.  Jeff's daughter, at the above website, was born in 1994 and had the surname Feng as did most in their group.

 


2007-12 - Galactic Hotel Review - We stayed at the Galactic Hotel and loved it. We utilized the pool as our new daughter loved to swim and our two little daughters loved it too. I utilized the steam room. I wish I had one at home! The restaurant across the street is great, I agree! The new location of Tiffanies Place is nearby. The street the Hotel sits on has really cheap ice cream bars (.10) just a few shops down when turning right when leaving the hotel front. The staff could not be nicer! It is very close to the CCAA office and not far from Wal-Mart and the big shopping street near the Wal-Mart. We had a great time. Also we took a cab to a place called the Free Market. Maybe your guide will no where to send the cab. It is a multi story building that sells children's clothes, shoes, material, and anything else you can imagine for CHEAP. It is much cheaper than Wal-Mart and any other shops that we found. (WR)


LinkA Families Experiences From 2001
LinkHow You Can Help the Children Still at the Nanchang Orphanage!!
LinkSee Photos of the Nanchang Schoolchildren That We're Sponsoring
LinkThe Hart Place
Link
First American Adoption from Nanchang
LinkJasmine's Love Story
Link
Hong Jiao Jiao
Link
Hannah's Home Page
Link
Chris and Penny's Homepage
LinkMadison's Page
LinkA Journey to China - includes photos taken at the SWI with a disposable camera.
LinkOur first trip to China--28 January, 1996 to 7 February, 1996
Link
Philip and Madaline Carpenter's Place
Link
Experiences of other families adopting from Nanchang


There is now an e-mail group specifically for those who have  adopted from Nanchang and for those with a referral for a child from Nanchang.  You can sign up at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NanchangFamilies.

You can find an address for this orphanage, and print out an address label in Chinese, at http://www.blessedkids.com/index_files/addresses.htm


Photos:

Chen Hong Rong

Chen Tie Lu

Chen Yu-Nan

Chen Nanfeng

Chen Yu-Nan Chen Nanfang
Born 4-1-95 Born 11-17-95 Born 6-24-95 Born 7-8-95
Adopted 11-22-95 Adopted 7-2-96 Adopted 2-7-96 Adopted 3-19-96
Wu Dong Xuan Chen Xin Fang Chen Meifang Chen Run Yun
Picture Chen Meifang Chen Run Yuh
Born 2-26-91 Born 11/20/95 Born 10/29/95 Born 7/8/95
Adopted 10-92 Adopted 8/96 Adopted 8/96 Adopted 1/30/96
Chen Xinju Chen LingLing Chen Nanyue Chen Kuai Lan
Photo Chen LingLing Photo Photo
Born 5/26/95 Born 12/26/94 Born 3/3/95 Born 10/15/94
Adopted 10/22/95 Adopted 11/18/95 Adopted 8/95 Adopted 10/95
Hong Guolan Hong Jiao Jiao Feng Guangrong

Hong Xianlan

photo Photo Photo Photo
Born 4/96 Born 6/6/96 Born 4/16/94 Born 10/25/96
Adopted 5/97 Adopted 8/12/97 Adopted 11/2/94 Adopted 10/26/97
Hong Jing Si Chen Tao Mei & Chen Tao Li

Hong Luo Ying

Photo Photo
Born 1/2/97 Born 11/13/95 Born 6/3/02
Adopted 2/4/98 Adopted 10/13/96 Adopted 1/5/04

Hong Ding Ying

Hong Bolan Hong Hujing Hong Fuju
Photo Photo BAB111S.JPG (8636 bytes) Photos
Born 7/27/96 Born 5/25/96 Born 8/19/96 Born 2/19/96
Adopted 9/15/97 Adopted 8/12/97 Adopted 5/5/98 Adopted 1/20/97

Hong Xian Dong

Hong Shenghua

Hong Nan Xiao

Hong Gongxiu

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Born 7/3/97 Born 7/21/97 Born 7/24/97 Born 10/10/96

Adopted 7/27/98

Adopted 7/6/98 Adopted 7/98 Adopted 4/5/98

Hong Lan Di

Hong Xian Cheng

Hong Dai Jun

Chen Nanjuan

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Born 10/9/98 Born 7/18/97 Born 7/11/97 Born 4/3/95
Referral 4/9/99 Adopted 7/26/98 Adopted 8/24/98 Adopted 11/28/97

Hong Liling

Hong Xian Le

Chen Peng Yu

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Born 1/22/97 Born 5/8/97 Born 8/11/95
Adopted 2/4/98 Adopted 8/25/98 Adopted 4/2/96

Hong Jiaocheng

Chen Shan Shan

Your Child

Hong Hai Ying

Your Child's Photo
Born 7/26/97 Born 12/6/95

CLICK

Born 11/97
Adopted 9/15/97 Adopted 10/28/97

HERE

Adopted 1/99

Hong Fa Mei

Hong Yang Yuan

Hong FuBin

Born 10/18/98 Born 6/3/99 Born 5/14/97

Photo taken 
Nov 1999

Referral 11/18/99 Adopted Mar '00 Adopted 9/8/98

Chen Xinying

Hong Cong Lan Hong Yuan Xin Hong Bei Hui
Born 5/25/95 Born 10/2/99   Born 3/2/99   Born 3/29/96  
Adopted 2/7/96 Referral 4/13/00 Referral 6/13/00 Adopted 1/19/97
 Hong Yang Lin  Referral Photo Chen Ai Lin Hong Hu Xue 
Born 5-19-98 Born 7/30/95 Born 6-30-97
Adopted 6-20-99 Adopted 3/10/96 Adopted 7-6-98

 Hong Tao Ling

Chen Nan Jiao Hong Jing Ling & Hong Jing Ting
Photo
Born 5-17-99 Born 8-1-95

Born 11-9-99

Adopted 1-10-00 Adopted Jan '96

Adopted 9-4-00

 Hong Qing Xian

Referral Photo Hong Jin Hui

 Hong Tang Qian

Born 1-13-96

Born 7/21/99

Born 1-31-00

Adopted 1-20-97 Adopted 4/3/00 Adopted 11-9-00
Hong Hu Die Hong Fang Min Lin Referral Photo
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Born 3/11/01

Born 5/18/99

Born 7-1-99
Adopted Feb 2002 Adopted 1/4/00 Adopted 7-23-00
Hong Xin Xuan Hong Shu Fang Chen Fang Yuan Hong He Fang
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Born 10/10/01 Born 8/8/99 Born 12/17/95 Born 6/3/01
Adopted 8/3/02 Adopted 5/7/00 Adopted 8/10/96 Adopted 5/12/02
Hong Zan Die Hong Ying Ying Hong Jiao Feng
Nanchang_05
Born 7/10/03 Born 6/24/04 Born 10/25/98
Adopted 7/28/04 Adopted 2/6/06 Adopted 8/30/99
Hong Shan Qing Hong Xian Rui Your Child
Nanchang_06 Nanchang_07 Nanchang 08 Your Child's Photo
Born 8/29/99 Born 8/17/01

CLICK

Adopted 5/22/00 Adopted 4/8/03

HERE

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Children from the Nanchang orphanage waiting at the Lakeview Hotel to meet their parents in July 1998.


If you would like to contribute photos or information to this website or join our Jiangxi family directory (information not posted at the website) please e-mail me at webmaster@gurrad.com