China has been offering its adoption program consistently since
1992. The program is recognized by a majority in the adoption
community as one of the premier adoption programs in the history
of international adoptions. The Chinese government and its
adoption branch, the China Center for Children's Welfare and
Adoption (CCCWA) are continuously improving the program, while
seeking to improve the lives of those children destined to
remain in China. China requires all agencies directly placing
children from China to be nonprofit and state licensed. HIC is
one of the adoption agencies in the United States that has a
direct relationship with the CCCWA. HIC was one of the first
American adoption agencies to bring orphaned children home from
China, when that country opened its doors to international
adoption in 1992. Since then we at HIC have united over 400
Chinese children with American parents. Prospective China
clients should be aware of special circumstances that apply to
the China Program. Please see the Genera