Changzhou
Changzhou Children's Welfare Institution
No.155 North LiHua Road
Changzhou, Jiangsu, China
213004
Half the Sky’s 1st Children's Center opened 8/2000
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Infant Nurture Program since August, 2000 |
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Little Sisters Preschool Program since August, 2000 |
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Youth Services Program since 2002 |
CHANGZHOU
Changzhou is a city of 3.49 million in Jiangsu Province located in the prosperous Yangtze River Delta. Changzhou borders the provincial capital of Nanjing to the west, Zhenjiang to the northwest, Wuxi to the east, and the province of Zhejiang to the south.
Founded in 500 BC, Changzhou was once known as the “Dragon City” and is still famous for ancient Chinese handicrafts, including beautiful hair ornaments, fine tooth combs and artificial flowers.
Seven kilometers south of Changzhou, the 3,000-year-old Yancheng Remains of the Spring & Autumn Period, are among the oldest and best-preserved city walls and moats in China. Tianning Temple, with its ornate carved Buddhas and dragons and giant Buddha statue in the 21 meter high Heavenly King Hall, was built during the Tang Dynasty (650-655 AD.)
Changzhou’s Dinosaur Park combines exhibitions of popular science with amusement attractions and sporting events. The Park uses high-tech sound and light instruments combined with video cartoons, internet games, and other attractions to educate visitors about dinosaurs of the Eastern Jurassic Period. The exhibition also promotes the message of environmental protection.
The Hunan Great Dreams Cartoon Media Co Ltd (HGDCM), the largest animation and cartoon production firm in China, has been working with Changzhou’s Dinosaur Park on a 365-part serial about two dinosaurs called "The Adventures of Qi Qi and Ke Ke."
That project between Hunan Great Dreams Cartoon Media and Dinosaur Park is one indication that Changzhou has become an integral and innovative part of China’s burgeoning animation industry. In 2006 the International Animation and Cartoon Art Forum was held in Changzhou, a sign of the industry’s growth and desire to cooperate with other countries
Culinary treats include sesame candy and silver thread-like noodles.
If you adopted a child who was in a Changzhou Half the Sky program, we will be happy to send you any progress reports with translations we may have on file. Please fill out and send us this Form so we can start processing your request.
You should also have received a Memory Book at the time of the adoption so that your child will have an additional record of her/his earliest years in our program. If you don’t read Chinese and don’t know anyone who reads Chinese, we suggest that you check with a local college to find someone who can translate it. If you did not receive your child’s Memory Book, our Beijing office will try to track it down, though occasionally there are bureaucratic glitches and the institution is unable to find the original or in even rarer cases a copy. In every case, we will do our best to retrieve the Memory Book.