Is surrogacy legal in China?
Banned
China forbids surrogacy with penalties for medical professionals, though underground commercial surrogacy exists.
China is one of 12 countries classified “Banned” for surrogacy — 27% of the 44 with data.
Source
- Taken from
- Wikipedia: Surrogacy laws by country
- Last checked
- 7 July 2026
- How it was classified
- Classified by a language model from the source text, then checked against hand-verified reference countries.
Nearby countries
- South Korea
- Unregulated South Korea had unregulated surrogacy in the mid-2010s, though commercial aspects became illegal.
- Hong Kong
- Banned Commercial surrogacy is criminal in Hong Kong under the Human Reproductive Technology Ordinance.
- Vietnam
- Altruistic only Vietnam allows altruistic surrogacy for married couples with specific conditions, effective from 2015.
- India
- Altruistic only India allows altruistic surrogacy for married couples with medical grounds, but bans commercial surrogacy for foreigners.
- Kyrgyzstan
- Altruistic only Kyrgyzstan legally regulates altruistic surrogacy with no strict restrictions for prospective parents.
- Japan
- Unregulated Japan has no specific surrogacy law; commercial surrogacy is proposed to be banned but remains unregulated.
Other laws in China
- Abortion
- Legal on request
- Suicide Laws
- Not a crime
A visual reference compiled from Wikipedia’s law-by-country articles, not legal advice. Laws change and summaries simplify — check a primary source before relying on anything here.