A Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson confirmed the news Thursday.
In this file photo, newly-naturalized Jillian, 4, originally from China, is held by her adoptive mother Eileen Kalerduring during a ceremony at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services offices in New York City, Nov. 18, 2010.
"China will not send children abroad for adoption," Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning said in a Sept. 5 press conference. "This is also in line with the spirit of relevant international covenants. We express our appreciation to those foreign governments and families, who wish to adopt Chinese children, for their good intention and the love and kindness they have shown."
The U.S. embassy in Beijing is requesting clarification in writing from China's Ministry of Civil Affairs on the change, the State Department said Thursday, according toThe move comes four years after China suspended foreign adoptions during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and then resumed a small number of cases in 2022 and 2023. Only 16 adoptions from China were finalized in 2023, according toChina, along with the U.
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