In order to offer good services for the foreign adoption agencies and adopters when they give the payments and to ensure that the adoption processing in China goes well, the China Center of Adoption Affairs would like to give the following specifications on points that the foreign adopters should pay special attention to when applying for adoptions in China:

I. The best channels to pay service fee
　　The following two channels, i.e. telegraphic transfers and cheques, are suggested for the sake of a secure and convenient payment of the service fee:
　　 i. Telegraphic transfers. After an adoption agency completes the formality for the service of telegraphic transfer in a local bank, it should fax the telegraphic money order to the China Center of Adoption Affairs (herein referred to as the CCAA), or send its copy to the CCAA together with the adoption dossiers.
　　 ii. Cheques. The adoption agencies using cheques to pay can send the cheques together with the adoption dossiers to the CCAA.
　　 The CCAA will accept the foreign adopters' adoption applications in accordance with its rules and register the adoption application documents after it receives the telegraphic money orders (fax or copy) or cheques.

II. Issues for attention when paying service fee
　　i. If the telegraphic transfer is used, the transferring date, the name of the agency or the person that makes the transfer should be clearly written down in the telegraphic money order, and a statement should be made that the sender would pay the entire bank handling charge. If the way of transferring money that the sender chooses often brings about costs, the way of using cheques is preferred.
　　ii. If the cheques are used, the filled Arabic numerals of the sum and the written words should be identical, and it should be ensured that the cheques are still in their six-month term of validity. No alteration and breakage is allowed in the cheques, and the signature of remitter should be included. The name of the beneficiary should be written accurately in the cheque, i.e. China Center of Adoption Affairs with its abbreviation as CCAA or ccaa also valid.
　　iii. Service fee for the same batch of application dossiers should be paid together. The adoption service fee should normally be paid by the foreign departments or the foreign adoption agencies when the adoption dossiers are submitted. In case that many dossiers are submitted together at the same time, if cheques are employed, it is suggested that one single cheque be used. If telegraphic transfer is used, the fee for the same batch should be transferred together. In order to avoid any unnecessary confusion, the payments for the dossiers of different batches should be delivered individually.
　　iv. The service fee that the CCAA refunds the adoption applicants who cancel their adoption application could not be used for other adopters.
　　v. Since it takes two months for the cheques to clear, the usage of telegraphic transfers is suggested for the expedited cases that require a shorter processing time.
　　vi. The CCAA will promptly notify the competent governmental departments or the adoption agencies the situation of returned money order, debt, insufficient payment, charge of bank, etc. that arises after the payment is made. The relevant office should, with the notification from the CCAA, make a timely supplementary payment for the sake of a normal processing of the adoption dossiers.
　　vii. The CCAA does not accept cash.

Detailed information of CCAA’s foreign currency account is:
　　Account name: China Center of Adoption Affairs (CCAA)
　　Bank account number: 110060194145300010181
　　Swift Code: COMMCNSHBJG
　　Bank name: Dongdan Subbranch, Beijing Branch, Bank of Communications
　　Bank Address: No. 8, Jinbao Street, Beijing, China.
　　Postal Code: 100005

If there are still problems about the payment of service fee, please consult the Financial Department of the CCAA. The telephone number is 65548869 or 65548866, and fax number is 65548870.