Shanxi Adoption Heritage Tour

List of Shanxi Civil Affairs Departments/Bureaus in charge of receiving root-seeking application

Now adoption family who want to visit Orphanage(welfare institution) in Shanxi can contact the following departments/bureaus directly, or ask help from us.

No.	Province	Civil Affairs Department/Bureau	Contact Person	Contact information
1	山西 Shanxi	太原市民政局 Taiyuan City Civil Affairs Bureau	null	0351-4610063
2	山西 Shanxi	大同市民政局 Datong City Civil Affairs Bureau	null	0352-2539097
3	山西 Shanxi	阳泉市民政局 Yangquan City Civil Affairs Bureau	null	0353-2293693
4	山西 Shanxi	长治市民政局 Changzhi City Civil Affairs Bureau	null	0355-3028425
5	山西 Shanxi	晋城市民政局 Jincheng City Civil Affairs Bureau	null	0356-2566249
6	山西 Shanxi	朔州市民政局 Shuozhou City Civil Affairs Bureau	null	0349-2220063
7	山西 Shanxi	晋中市民政局 Jinzhong City Civil Affairs Bureau	null	0354-2638616
8	山西 Shanxi	运城市民政局 Yuncheng City Civil Affairs Bureau	null	0359-2660585
9	山西 Shanxi	忻州市民政局 Xinzhou City Civil Affairs Bureau	null	0350-3148150
10	山西 Shanxi	临汾市民政局 Linfen City Civil Affairs Bureau	null	0357-2517170
11	山西 Shanxi	吕梁市民政局 Lyu Liang City Civil Affairs Bureau	null	0358-8237023

Services of Adventuretour & China for adoption family

Help adoptive families to apply for visits to welfare institution
Communicate with the adoptive family and welfare institution
Provide translation and interpretation, as well as local guide services
City Sightseeing Tour, familiar with hometown
Chinese cultural activities
Car rental service

Example itinerary of Orphanage(welfare institution) visit in Shanxi

Day 1 Arrival in Shanxi Province

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

The Hukou Waterfalls of Yellow River: is the largest waterfall on the Yellow River, China, the second largest waterfall in China (after the Huangguoshu Waterfall), and the world’s largest yellow waterfall.
Pingyao Ancient town: The ancient city of Pingyao is an outstanding example of an ancient Ming and Qing Dynasty city. Pingyao city whose old town is on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Pingyao’s old town is typically considered the best ancient walled city in China, and is on many lists of the best walled cities in the world.

Day 4 sightseeing visit

Mount Wutai: Mount Wutai is home to many of China’s most important monasteries and temples. It was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2009 and named a AAAAA tourist attraction by China’s National Tourism Administration in 2007. Mount Wutai is one of the Four Sacred Mountains in Chinese Buddhism. Each of the mountains is viewed as the bodhimaṇḍa, one of the four great bodhisattvas.

Day 5 Departure from Shanxi Province

Private transfer to Airport or Train station