Chengdu Children's Welfare Institution is regulated by the Chengdu Bureau of Civil Affairs for the purpose of raising orphans, foundlings and homeless handicapped children, as well as for the social welfare enterprise of medical treatment, rehabilitation, special education, and fostering of such children. Recently they have taken in almost two hundred orphans and handicapped children. The institution was comprised from The Holy Infant Institute, The Orphanage, The Foundling Hospital, and other institutions which were originally founded in the 19th century. The Institution building has 5359 sq. meters of space on 5 floors.

Orphans from Chengdu are given surnames based on the Chinese zodiac sign for the year they came to the orphanage (not always the year of their birth). Examples:

• 1993: Ji (various characters), rhymes with Gong Ji = Rooster
• 1994: Guo (outer wall of a city), similar to Gou = dog
• 1995: Zhu (various characters), sounds like Zhu = Pig
• 1996: Su (either "awaken" or "lodge [for the night]"), similar to Shu = Rat
• 1997: Liu (surname of Han dynasty emperors), rhymes with Niu = Ox
• 1998: Hu (foreigner from north or west of China), sounds like Hu = Tiger
• 1999: Tu (dabble, smear), sounds like Tu = Rabbit
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Address: Chengdu Children's Welfare Institution 246 Ying Menkou Road Chengdu, Sichuan Province China 610036

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The Institution is located on the southwest side of the main road heading northwest out of Chengdu, about 200 metres inside of the "flying road bridge" where the ring road crosses Ying Menkou Road. Its location is marked on this map of Chengdu.

Click on any picture to enlarge	Entrance to Chengdu Children's Welfare Institution on Ying Men Kou Road
Institution courtyard
	A cash gift from Minister Duojicairang
A visit from Deng Pufang, Chairman of the the Disabled Person's Society of China.
	"Wishing the children of Chengdu Children's Welfare Institution a happy life" - Deng Pufang
Special education for mentally retarded children
	Speech training for deaf children
Therapy for children with cerebral palsy
	Pre-school education
Physical training for mentally retarded children
	Taking good care of infants
Training for deaf children's parents
	Together with their foreign friends
Rooftop playground
	The Rehabilitation Building
Children's Day celebrations

Links

AdoptChengdu - A website and mailing list for familiess who have adopted or have a referral for a child from Chengdu.

Chengdu: My Home Town - a page for children adopted from Chengdu to learn about their home town.

Pictures of Chengdu - Main Page

This page is maintained by Mark Tooker.

Many thanks to the people who provided photos and other information for this page: Lorraine and Bryan Lee, Maro Beland, and others!