Wealthy Chinese Elites Use US Surrogacy System to Have Dozens of Children

Increasing numbers of wealthy Chinese couples are hiring the services of American surrogate mothers to give birth to their babies to circumvent China's one child policy. In the photo, hundreds of Chinese babies accompanied by their parents prepare to take part in a baby swimming contest. STR/Getty Images

Chinese billionaires and elites are increasingly using the United States’ permissive surrogacy system to have large numbers of children—sometimes dozens, or more—according to allegations made in Chinese media.

The surrogate children become U.S. citizens through birthright citizenship.