11.05
·Reported
·Importance III
·Sources 1
·Taicang
On November 5, anti-trafficking volunteer Shangguan Zhengyi relayed the investigation feedback from Taicang authorities: the doctors in the underground surrogacy operating room were retirees, the nurses were freelancers, and the anesthesiologist was from a private medical institution who obtained anesthesia drugs through fraudulent prescriptions. When asked for the names of the involved institutions, Taicang authorities stated it was inconvenient to disclose them.
11.02
·Reported
·Importance II
·Sources 1
·Changsha County
On November 2, Shangguan Zhengyi posted that the local authorities had confirmed the report was true. However, more than ten days have passed, and there is still no report on which units the doctors, anesthesiologists, and nurses came from, or where the anesthetic drugs were obtained. He is demanding that this information be made public.
11.01
·Reported
·Importance III
·Sources 1
·Changsha County
On November 1, anti-trafficking volunteer Shangguan Zhengyi reported that an underground operating room and laboratory for a surrogacy agency had been hidden in a rural courtyard in Guoyuan Town, Changsha County, Hunan Province. He claimed it had existed for nearly 10 years, operating daily from 5:30 AM to 8:30 AM, using unlicensed vehicles to transport medical staff and surrogates after body searches, and demanded a thorough investigation into the source of the medical staff and the origin of the anesthetic drugs.
11.01
·Reported
·Importance II
·Sources 1
·Changsha County
On November 1, the Changsha County government responded to The Paper that public security, law enforcement, health, and other departments have arrived at the reported surrogacy agency to take measures.
10.20
·Reported
·Importance III
·Sources 1
·Guangzhou
On October 20, blogger Shangguan Zhengyi posted on Weibo to expose that an operating room and an embryo transfer laboratory of an underground surrogacy agency were found in a courtyard by the Liuxi River in Renhe Town, Baiyun District, Guangzhou. He reported the case to the police and brought officers to the scene, but police station personnel did not enter on the grounds that no one opened the door to lead the way, and they strictly verified his identity as a whistleblower.
10.20
·Reported
·Importance III
·Sources 1
·Guangzhou
After Shangguan Zhengyi publicly reported online, local Guangzhou authorities intervened and entered the compound in question, finding related medical devices and drugs; Shangguan Zhengyi called on the Guangzhou police to thoroughly investigate the illegal activities across the entire surrogacy chain.
10.08
·Reported
·Importance III
·Sources 1
·Taicang
On October 8, anti-trafficking volunteer Shangguan Zhengyi reported via Weibo that an underground surrogacy operating room was hidden inside a villa in Taicang, Jiangsu, saying he had gone undercover for nearly 4 months and that over 100 procedures were performed there every month. After the report, police questioned him about the source of his leads and stopped him from filming; when he went out to buy water, he was surrounded by several people and not allowed to leave. Local authorities said they had verified the matter at the first opportunity, while Shangguan Zhengyi questioned why health supervision personnel arrived about 100 minutes later than the police.
10.06
·Reported
·Importance III
·Sources 1
·Los Angeles, United States
On October 6, prosecutors in Los Angeles County, the United States, charged Xuan Guojun and his wife Zhang Siwei with conspiring to abuse 15 children, 14 of whom were born through surrogacy. Prosecutors said Xuan Guojun told the nannies to "hit harder" and personally beat the children; the couple had discussed inflicting corporal punishment without leaving marks and taught the children to deny being beaten. Both have pleaded not guilty, and bail was set at $20 million each.
2026.10
·Reported
·Importance IV
·Sources 1
·美国加利福尼亚州Arcadia
A former Chinese official who once oversaw Xinjiang and his wife had 21 children, all of them US citizens, through California's surrogacy industry, and physically punished and abused them inside a mansion; the case is currently under US investigation.
2026.10
·Verified
·Importance III
·Sources 1
·Taiwan
A same-sex male couple of Chinese nationality residing in Malaysia entered Taiwan under the guise of tourism and promoted overseas surrogacy arrangements, violating relevant regulations; after negotiations with legislators and public petitions, they were swiftly fined and repatriated by the National Immigration Agency.
09.22
·Reported
·Importance IV
·Sources 1
·China
Anti-trafficking volunteer Shangguan Zhengyi discovered through investigations that some underground surrogacy agencies intentionally have surrogate mothers conceive twins and sell the surplus infants through human traffickers for about 160,000 RMB each.
09.10
·Verified
·Importance III
·Sources 2
·Changsha
The Yuelu District Health Bureau reported the sealing of an illegal surgery room in a residential community, with 6 people under control; whistleblower Shangguan Zhengyi revealed that 2 key figures have been brought to justice.
08.20
·Reported
·Importance IV
·Sources 3
·China
Shangguan Zhengyi assisted police (Public Security) in arresting human traffickers and surrogacy agency personnel, and rescued a surrogate infant who was about to be sold.
07.12
·Official claim
·Importance III
·Sources 1
·Beijing
CCTV cited data from the Ministry of Public Security stating that the number of criminal cases nationwide decreased by 16.1% year-on-year from January to May. However, the phenomenon of multiple regions investing financially in expanding detention centers and prisons has led to external doubts about the real public security situation.
2026.07
·Reported
·Importance IV
·Sources 1
·Thailand
Police suspect that at least 500 foreign children may have obtained Thai nationality through falsified birth registrations, with the case involving five private hospitals in Bangkok and suspects recruiting clients through Chinese-language chat groups.