We’re Heading to Jiangxi!

Travel with Us! Adoptee Ambassador Applications Now Open

Nanchang Project is returning to China in Spring 2027 for a special search trip in Jiangxi Province. We will search on behalf of Jiangxi adoptees to reconnect them with their birth families. During our 2025-26 Winter Search Trip to Guangxi, we traveled with three Guangxi Adoptee Ambassadors, visited 5 cities, distributed 5,400+ search posters for 174 Guangxi adoptees, and conducted DNA tests on 30 birth families. Collectively, our Guangxi search trip videos amassed over 18 million views on Chinese social media. Our searches in China are not just trips; they serve as vital educational outreach opportunities to inform the everyday Chinese citizen that nearly 160,000 children from China were adopted abroad and wish to reconnect with their roots. As we lay the foundation for future search efforts in the areas we visit, we hope that more and more birth families will bravely come forward to recognize their long-separated children. Reunion is possible when both sides are searching for it!

This year, we will select three Jiangxi Adoptee Ambassadors from different cities to accompany Nanchang Project’s search team. Each Ambassador will join us for a 3.5 day search in the area where they were found and help us locate birth families for the hundreds of other Jiangxi adoptees who could not travel. The trip is scheduled for 2 weeks during March 2, 2027 - March 15, 2027. Adoptee Ambassador applications close on August 23, 2026. Ambassadors must bring a Support Companion for this trip.

During the trip, we will cover the following in-China expenses for selected Adoptee Ambassadors on the days they travel with us within Jiangxi. The participation fees from Adoptee Ambassadors and their Companions help Nanchang Project offset the costs and resources we are providing to support the logistics of your travel.

• Hotel accommodations

• Meals shared as a group

• Search posters (customized with your details)

• Searcher Partner and local guide fees

• Chinese social media search coverage

• Orphanage application and visit (if applicable)

• Transportation within Jiangxi

• One day of sightseeing and tourism in Nanchang

Please note, all other trip-related expenses—such as international flights, passport/visa fees, snacks, souvenirs—will be the responsibility of the Ambassadors and their Companions.

Due to the emotional nature of these trips, Adoptee Ambassadors must be 18 years or older at the time of travel.

After the application deadline, we will carefully review all submissions and invite candidates for interviews. The Jiangxi cities we visit on our search itinerary are based on the Ambassadors who are selected to travel with us.

Info Session Recording & Slides:

We held a comprehensive information session on July 12th that covers the details of Adoptee Ambassador program, what the Jiangxi search trip looks like, search posters, and a Q&A. The recording will be available here soon. We do urge those interested in applying to travel with us to watch the recording if they were unable to attend the session live. The presentation slides are also available below.

Our 2025-25 Guangxi Adoptee Ambassador, Elizabeth Williams, reflected on her search trip experience in a blog post here.

How to Apply:

1. Please have copies/images of your Certificate of Abandonment available to upload with your application.

2. Record a short, unedited video introduction (1-3 minutes) as part of your application. You may upload the video file in one of these ways:

   • Personal Google Drive: your video file settings under General Access must be set to allow "anyone with the link" to view it

   • YouTube channel: your video may be "unlisted" or "public"

   • Facebook: your post must be set to public so we can view it

   • Instagram: your account must be set to public so we can view it

   Provide a link to your uploaded video in the video question on the application.

   In your video, simply introduce yourself, share a little about your story, and tell us why you are interested in participating in our Jiangxi search trip as an Adoptee Ambassador.

   This video is an opportunity for us to get to know you beyond your written application and better understand your story, personality, and hopes for this experience. Please do not worry about creating a polished or professional video. We are simply looking for a genuine introduction in your own words.

3. Tap the following “Apply Now” button and complete the Jiangxi Adoptee Ambassador Application through Google Forms.

4. We will contact some candidates for interviews in August-September.

5. All applicants will be notified of their status by the end of October.

DEADLINE: August 23, 2026 is the last day to apply for a Jiangxi Adoptee Ambassador spot on our trip.

The information submitted with this Form will strictly be used for planning, searching, and matching purposes as pertaining to Nanchang Project's efforts in family reunion for Chinese adoptees. We understand your information is sensitive and we will treat it with genuine care, as if it were our own. Only Nanchang Project official volunteers (Chinese adoptees and adoptive parents) on the Jiangxi Search Trip planning committee will have access to your submitted information.

Join Jiangxi Search Posters:

As we did for previous search trips, we will create two types of posters for our Jiangxi search trip. Adoptees from anywhere in Jiangxi of any age may register their information for our Jiangxi-wide Posters, which we will share online and have physical copies of on hand during our search. If our finalized itinerary includes a stop in the city you were reportedly found in, you will have the option to be included on our City-specific Posters—of which hundreds of copies will be dispersed to locals in person. See info graphics below for additional details and benefits. Adoptees who join our flyers will have the opportunity to become a member of a private group chat only for Jiangxi participants—where we share more frequent in-China updates as they happen throughout the search!

Poster registration opens in October 2026!

NOTE: Many children were sent to the orphanage in Nanchang, the capital of Jiangxi province, for their adoption. If you were adopted from Nanchang, it is in your best interest to check your abandonment/adoption documents to verify if you were actually “found” in Nanchang or originated outside of this major city. Trip and group poster arrangements are made based on where adoptees are reportedly FOUND, not adopted from. We will not be searching on-the-ground in Nanchang this trip.

NCPT Background

Nanchang Project is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 2018, fully operated by volunteers. Our mission is to help re-connect adoptees with their roots in China. To date, we have assisted in over 150 reunions and registered 700+ birth families. Our team consists of volunteers across 6 countries. We are proudly also the only organization of its kind that is co-led by both Chinese adoptees and adoptive parents.

Follow along on our trip!

Follow us on social media for our latest updates and join our private group for supporters:

• Instagram: @nanchangproject

• Facebook page:The Nanchang Project

• Supporters group on Facebook:Nanchang Project Goes to China

• General search group on Facebook: Origins Searches by Nanchang Project - Chinese Birth Family Search Group