In accordance with the provisions of Article 4 of the Adoption Law of the People Republic of China, the following persons can be placed out as adoptees:

Article 4 Minors under the age of 14, as enumerated below, may be adopted.
(1)orphans bereaved of parents;
(2)abandoned infants or children whose parents cannot be ascertained or found; or
(3)children whose parents are unable to rear them due to unusual difficulties.

(1)Orphans bereaved of parents is defined as children whose parents are dead or announced dead by the court decision;

(2)Abandoned infants or children whose parents cannot be ascertained or found is defined as infants and children abandoned by their biological parents or whose biological parents cannot be ascertained or found;

(3)Children whose parents are unable to rear them due to unusual difficulties is meant to indicate that the biological parents cannot rear their children because the parents are disabled or suffering from serious illness or whose life is extremely difficult caused by other elements.

The adoptive parents may adopt one child only, male or female.