Chinese kids return to motherland with adoptive families  

34个领养中国儿童外国家庭北京开启“寻根之旅”

7月24日，“2012年领养中国儿童外国家庭夏令营”在北京举行开营仪式。来自爱尔兰、澳大利亚、法国、加拿大、美国共34个领养家庭的95人参营，其中被领养中国儿童42人。国务院侨务办公室文化司副司长周虹参加开营仪式并发表讲话。

Beijing (CNS) -- The 2012 Camp for foreign families with adopted Chinese children will start on Tuesday in Beijing. Thirty-four families from the countries of Ireland, Australia, France, Canada and others are attending the camp, with 42 children adopted in China.

Zhouhong, an official from the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council, said they are grateful to the adoptive parents, and he is especially touched that they encourage their children to study Chinese and even cook them Chinese dishes.

Crystal Cargil from the US said her daughter was excited about the chance to visit her homeland. "If you want to know where you will go in the future," Cargil said, "you must be clear where you came from, so we returned to China with out daughter to help her discover her roots."

Some 110,000 Chinese kids have been adopted by foreign families since the government issued its Laws of Adoption in 1991.