We all know about China’s population problem. Most of us are horrified at the Chinese one-child policy.

China, in 1979, implemented the policy restricting the number of children a family can have to just one child.

Unfortunately, a lot of controversies have stemmed from this policy. The Chinese people have been accused of doing everything from abortions to cannibalism in the wake of this government policy.

Also stemming from this policy is the ever-increasing incident of parents abandoning young daughters.

In China, sons are more valued, as tradition holds sons as the heirs of a bloodline.

However, you should know that the one-child-policy is no longer enforced in some places. This does not significantly affect, however, the number of daughters abandoned each year.

One solution the Chinese government has developed is the china adoption program.

While most countries would be difficult to deal with in cases of international adoption, the China adoption program has made a very clear-cut and easy to follow roads in these international adoption cases.

The government has specifically formed different agencies in order to help out with the China adoption program.

Some other countries have opened such similar adoption programs only to shut them down because of some problems. However, the China adoption program has been continually operating ever since 1996.

In China adoptions, there are some requirements that potential parents must fulfill in order to be considered eligible.

First of all, China adoptions work with parents at least 30 years and not more than 60 years old at the time of the adoption.

Parents who are 45-50 years old can adopt children who are 1-3 years old, while children 4 years or older may be adopted by couples 51-55 years of age.

You also need a basic income of 10 thousand dollars annually plus an additional annual income of 10 thousand dollars for every person in the family, including the child.

China adoptions also require that the couple be married for at least six months and have lived together.

If you already have 4 children, you will need to contact a China adoption services agency in order to determine whether or not you will be allowed to adopt yet another child.

If you have already adopted a child from China, you would have to wait a year before you can be considered eligible for another adoption.

If you have a birthed child, though, you will have to wait until he/she is six months old until you can submit an application for China adoptions.

If the parent is single, China adoptions usually work with single women 30 years of age.

If you are, in fact, single, you need to be certified a heterosexual. If you are living with a house mate, you need to complete a home study that describes your relationship with the house mate in detail.

You need to certify that the house mate is heterosexual. China adoptions also require that the house mate present different documents such as a medical examination and police clearance.

The China adoption program, of course, depends upon the number of children available. You need to contact an agency in order to make your China adoption a bit easier.

The china adoption agency can make things easier for you by becoming your contact to the China adoption program. There’s some travel required in China adoptions, and a agencies can help you maximize your usage of that time.

With China becoming the 6th largest economy in 2004 and likely to rank 4th in 2005, this is likely to fuel further anxieties over the impact of China`s rising economic might for the world economic leaders. But for company executives and aspiring young entrepreneurs, it has become imperative to understand China so as to explore the increasing business opportunities in China.

One of the usual route for this is to study and build social networks at the leading Chinese universities. Latest available figures show that there were about 85,000 foreign students studying in China in 2002. Almost 500 Chinese universities, mainly in Shanghai and Bejing, accept foreign students. The top 5 universities with the largest foreign students are Beijing Language and Culture Center, Fudan, Peking, Tsinghua and Shanghai universities.

If you are planning to do a post-graduate MBA program while working in China, there are many learning organizations to choose from.

The University of Maryland`s Smith School of Business offers a degree, custom and certification programs at learning centers within Beijing and Shanghai. Smith`s first executive MBA program class started in Jan 2003 and graduated in spring 2004.

The University of Wisconsin Milwaukee`s School of Business Administration has recently launched an EMBA program in Beijing in partnership with Motorola for staff of Motorola`s China operations.

Together with the top-ranked Jiao Tong University in Shanghai, the University of British Columbia is also offering an International MBA in China. Besides having the same curriculam as its Canadian MBA, professors from the University of British Columbia teach all of the courses.

Another EMBA program is the Cass EMBA 2-year part-time off-campus program by City University from Britian which has been launched in collaboration with Bank of China and the Shanghai University of Finance & Economics.

Britain`s Nottingham University is the first foreign university to establish a physical campus in Ningbo in September 2004. Nottingham Ningbo`s degree is comparable with its degree from the British campus with all courses conducted in English.

The Chinese government is actively promoting more educational tie-ups in China to develop university graduates who will be better geared for the many multinational corporations operating in China and spearhead economic growth. Currently, there are about 700 such jointly managed educational programs in China.

With the many future and current leaders and managers in China enrolling in the many tertiary education and post-graduate MBA programs, it makes good career sense to take up these courses and build a social network which will be useful for operating within Chinese business community for the future.