Deputy Director-General of CCAA, Ms. Gan Weiwei, Led a Delegation to Visit New Zealand and Australia

At the invitation of the Child, Youth and Family Office at the Ministry of Social Development of New Zealand and the Marriage and Intercountry Adoption Branch at the Attorney-General’s Department of Australian Government, the Deputy Director-General of CCAA, Ms. Gan Weiwei, led a delegation to have an official visit to the two countries. The delegates are: Deputy Director-General of the Shaanxi Civil Affairs Department, Mr. Guo Qingfan; Deputy Director-General of the Neimenggu Civil Affairs Department, Mr. Han Qi; Director of the Centre for International Adoptions and Marriages in Jiangsu province, Mr. Wang Shengfu; Deputy Director of the Archives Management Department at the CCAA, Ms. Wang Hongyan; and clerk in the General Office at the CCAA, Ms. Wang Yunmei.

During the visit, the delegation had official meetings respectively with the Child, Youth and Family Office of New Zealand and the Marriage and Intercountry Adoption Office of Australian as well as the central authorities of states/territories of Australia, paid a formal visit to H. E. Ambassador of China to New Zealand Zhang Limin, visited the Department for Human Services of Victoria in Australia, and met with representatives of FCC-A. Besides, the delegation participated in three gatherings and had a good time together with 10 New Zealand families and 33 Australian families who have adopted 56 Chinese children in total.

Through this visit, the delegation introduced the current child welfare system in China to the authorities of New Zealand and Australia, transferred operational suggestions of relevant sections of CCAA to them, verified a number of issues with them, gave answers to their questions, asked for their opinion about some adjustment the CCAA was considering to make, and got to know the living and developing situations of Chinese children adopted in the two countries by meeting with them and their adoptive parents. With joint efforts, the delegation successfully completed the visiting plan and achieved the expected results. Moreover, it found new issues as well and provided several suggestions on intercountry adoption work after traveling back.