Fu X (A) and Fu X (B) v. Yangpu Economic Development Zone Management Committee (Administrative Order of Housing Demolition and Relocation and Resettlement): Recognition by the Competent Administrative Agency of the De Facto Adoptive Relationship between the Persons Who Receive Housing Relocation and Resettlement Indemnities

Where an adoptive relationship between the adoptive parent(s) and adopted child or children already exists before the Adoption Law of the People’s Republic of China (hereinafter referred to as the Adoption Law) came into force and no legal formality has been handled in respect thereof, such an adoptive relationship shall be treated as a lawful adoptive relationship if it is recognized by relatives, friends of the parties concerned or the public at large, or a relevant organization affirms that the parties concerned have lived together for a long period of time as the adoptive parent(s) and adopted child or children.