➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ:
International: The rapidly declining practice of international adoption
The Mercator – August 12, 2016
So why have these numbers dropped so dramatically? Partly because many of the “sending” countries, like China, have adopted the Hague Convention on the Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption.
http://www.mercatornet.com/demography/view/the-rapidly-declining-practice-of-international-adoption/18507