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原文地址：China to end foreign adoption program, leaving hundreds of U.S. families in limbo
新闻日期：2024-09-06
中国政府本周将结束一项国际家庭从该国收养儿童的计划。美国驻中国大使馆发言人表示，在与北京方面通话时，中方称除亲属或继子外不再处理任何阶段的收养案件。
美国国务院表示，我们理解有数百个家庭仍在等待完成收养过程，并对此表示同情。这与中国相关国际公约的精神相符，中国外交部发言人毛宁在记者会上说，我们感谢相关国家政府和受领家庭对中国儿童的爱意。
自1999年以来，美国父母已从中国领养超过8万名儿童，占所有美国海外收养案件的29%。通常情况下，受领父母会到中国探望并带回孩子。但中国政府在COVID-19疫情期间曾暂停国际收养。
在全面终止收养之前，中国政府曾在2020年暂停了国际收养。据美国国务院数据，2021和2022年没有从中国进行任何收养。去年，有16名儿童被从中国领养。此外，中国政府允许2020年前获得出国旅行同意书的儿童继续完成收养。
这个消息与中国长期执行的一孩政策后出生率下降有关。
原文摘要：
The Chinese government is ending a program that allows international families to adopt children from the country this week. According to the Associated Press (AP), in a phone call with U.S. diplomats in China, Beijing said it “will not continue to process cases at any stage” except for blood relatives adopting a child or stepchild. The State Department said on Thursday that the embassy is seeking clarification in writing from China’s Ministry of Civil Affairs. HOUSE TEES UP ‘CHINA WEEK’ WITH FLOOR VOTES AIMED AT COMBATTING CCP ESPIONAGE AND ECONOMIC ADVANCES “We understand there are hundreds of families still pending completion of their adoption, and we sympathize with their situation,” the State Department said. “This is in line with the spirit of relevant international conventions,” China’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said in a news conference. “We are grateful for the desire and love of the governments and adoptive families of relevant countries to adopt Chinese children.” HOUSE GOP PRESSES HOCHUL ON ALLEGED CCP AGENT’S INFLUENCE IN NY Since 1999, American parents have adopted over 80,000 children from China, according to statistics from the State Dept, making up about 29% of all U.S. overseas adoptions. Adoptive parents would typically visit the country to pick the child up and then bring them back to their home overseas. Before halting adoptions completely, the Chinese government had suspended international adoptions during the COVID-19 pandemic. There were no adoptions from China in 2021 and 2022, State Department data shows. Last year, 16 children were adopted from China. The Chinese government allowed adoptions for children who received travel consent before the suspension in 2020, the AP reported. The development comes as China grapples with a decline in birth rates after decades of enforcing a strict “one child” policy. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP
