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Nanchang Nanchang Municipal Social Welfare Institute The orphanage is also referred to as Jiangxi Provincial Social Welfare Agency in Nanchang and is in the city. The orphanage is quite a large one, when visited in 1999 I was told they care for over 500 children. (I traveled with the Amity staff to see the work we re been sponsoring through them.) This orphanage has been in existence for many years although the current building that houses the children is a fairly new. One family was told it was considered "one of the better orphanages" in China, and also that it s likely that most of babies come from the outlying villages of Nanchang. We traveled to adopt in March 1996 and were not allowed to visit the orphanage. See China Adoption of Claire Lianne in Sept. 1995 for an account, with some pictures, from a family who did visit. The last group that I know of that was allowed to visit (before visits were stopped for a few years) was in February 1996. The Nanchang orphanage now seems to be open to visitors again. I visited in June and November of 1999 with the Amity staff (photos at http://www.gurrad.com/june ) and again in April 2002. I have heard of quite a few other adopting families that have been allowed to visit around that time or more recently. A couple families sent photos, one visiting in March 2000 and one in January 2002. Currently the babies who are getting adopted and were born in 1996 and later all have the surname Hong. Those born in late 1994 through 1995 (and mostly adopted in 1995 and 1996) had the surname Chen, which is the name of the assistant director Ms. Chen Lingling. Jeff s daughter, at the above website, was born in 1994 and had the surname Feng as did most in their group. 2007-12 - Galactic Hotel Review - We stayed at the Galactic Hotel and loved it. We utilized the pool as our new daughter loved t...