GEORGIA JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL AND COMPARATIVE LAW(DO NOT DELETE) 5/17/2017 2:58 PM 27 ADOPTION IN CHINA: PAST, PRESENT AND YET TO COME Margaret Ryznar * TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................. 28 II. DOMESTIC ADOPTION IN CHINA ....................................................... 29 A. Adoption in Imperial China........................................................ 29 B. Adoption in the People’s Republic of China .............................. 35 III. INTERNATIONAL ADOPTION FROM CHINA ........................................ 38 A. Reasons for International Adoption ........................................... 40 B. China’s International Adoption Program .................................. 42 C. Legal Framework on International Adoption............................. 43 IV. DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES ................................................................. 45 V. CONCLUSION ..................................................................................... 50 * Associate Professor of Law, Indiana University McKinney School of Law.