China Adoptee Tour in Shanghai Municipality

Orphanage Addresses – Shanghai Municipality

Note: At the end of the address, please do not forget to add “Province, Postal Code, People’s Republic of China”, for example:

BengBu Children’s Welfare Institute 950 Chaoyang Road BangBu, ShangHai 238000 People’s Repulic of China.

Itinerary of China adoptee visit in Shanghai

Day 1 Arrival in ShangHai

Pick up from airport and private transfer to hotel.

Have a good rest today.

Day2: Orphanage visit

a typical process of orphanage visit: Your family will be welcome by firecracker ceremony with hanging red banner(Written sentence meaning welcome for home return visit), then you will have a conversation with orphanage director and staff, after that it’s a limited visit of facilities the SWI and view the file of your child(if possible). Having lunch with orphanage director and staff, in the afternoon you will visit the “finding spot” of your child or doing the city sightseeing.

Please note that process of each orphanage is different, actually there is no standard process.

So activities of a typical orphanage visit could be:

• Visit facilities and surroundings of the Orphanage(SWI)
• View profile of your Child
• Meet the Nurse/Nanny of your child
• Meet the foster mother or family
• Conversation or with orphanage director and staff
• Meal with orphanage director and staff
• Visit the “finding spot”
• Gifts to orphanage directors, caregivers, foster families and children
• Donate to the orphanage

More and more chinese orphanages are now open to adoptive families for return visiting, but each province is different and has different regulations, No single person can 100% guarantee the permission to visit an orphanage. so please check with your Travel Advisor beforehand to see what you should expect when visiting your child’s orphanage.

We work closely with Social Welfare Institutes throughout China and Chinese Government department like Provincial Civil Affairs Bureau (CAB) and CCAB to arrange your orphanage visit. With great knowledge, experience and resource, by fully understanding the needs of both adoptive families and government, we have helped many families to visit orphanages of their adoptive children.

Day 3 sightseeing visit

Shanghai Museum: a museum of ancient Chinese art, it is considered one of China’s first world-class modern museums.

Yuyuan Garden:  Rumours about its origin include the story that it was meant for the imperial palace in Beijing, but was salvaged after the boat sank off Shanghai.

the Bund(Waitan): The Shanghai Bund has dozens of historical buildings, lining the Huangpu River, that once housed numerous banks and trading houses from European countries. And it is a good place to see night view and Yangtze River.

Huangpu River cruise: Taking a boat and floating along Huangpu River, you could see city panorama on boat.

Day 4 Departure from Shanghai

Private transfer to Airport or Train station

Free tailor-make your China adoptee Visit Tour

This Tour can be fully customized to other top china destinations like Beijing/Xi’an/Guilin/Yangshuo/Longji/Chengdu/Yangtze/Zhangjiajie/Huangshan/Shanghai, totally based on your available time, interests, budget, preferred pace and travel style.

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Prior to your adoptee visit application submission, please make sure you have the following documents ready:

• A copy of each visitor’s passports
• A copy of the adoption certificate or the notarized adoption documents
• An orphanage visit application letter