6.8 million won for 1 month of conception, 8.5 million won for 6 months…

“Pregnancy Fee Payment Procedure: ① For 1 month of implantation ultrasound, 40,000 yuan (6.8 million won) ② 50,000 yuan (8.5 million won) for 6,7,8 months of implantation… ⑥ If the surrogate mother has to undergo a cesarean section due to force majeure, an additional compensation of 20,000 yuan (3.4 million won) is paid… .”

The substance of the proxy pregnancy market in China, which was regarded as a’underground black market’, is being revealed. On the 18th, it was revealed on the 18th that China’s top actress Jeong Shuang (鄭爽, 30) secretly gave birth to a surrogate mother in the United States and abandoned her child. Citizens were angry at his immoral behavior, and even the judicial body, the Central Political Court, criticized that “using a woman’s womb as a tool for childbirth and even throwing it away at will destroy humanity and morals.” As the position of the authorities became clear, the Chinese state media were rushing to say, “A surrogate mother is illegal, there is no room for profit” (People’s Daily Overseas Network, January 21), “Illegal market, 700,000 yuan (120 million won) is sufficient” (Shinhwa Communication, 22nd) poured out articles.

This paper checked the status of surrogate mothers through a network of trial documents managed by the Supreme People’s Court of China. With the keyword’proxy pregnancy’, 415 cases were confirmed. It was the reality of the birth of a surrogate mother, which has become an open secret.

In July 2017, Mr. In (尹·46), who lives in Guangzhou, visited’Bo Yeo-won’, a proxy pregnancy brokerage company. As the in vitro conception continued to fail, the wife agreed to give birth to a surrogate mother. The cost and success were burdensome, but there was nothing I couldn’t do if I could have my own children. The condition that only boys are implanted after an embryo screening test moved their minds. The contract was required to pay various expenses for each step from pregnancy to childbirth, such as egg freezing fee, transplant fee, and implantation fee.

In March of the following year, the idea was successful, and on January 30, 2019 at 15:42, a boy was born. It was only 1 year and 7 months. After completing the birth certificate, I was discharged from the hospital, but the child started to get sick. He was hospitalized again, but after 57 days of birth, the child eventually died. In the death certificate, it was written as’purulent meningitis’ and’sepsis.’ In filed a lawsuit.

In the first trial, considering the situation where the birth of a surrogate mother was prohibited, it was determined that the company was not responsible for compensation under the contract. However, the second trial court saw the brokerage’s responsibility as 70%, saying that the principle of proportional responsibility under the Chinese contract law precedes. It was stated in the ruling that the cost of Mr. In was 527,000 yuan (90 million won). Of these, 368,000 yuan (630,000 won) was ruled in December last year that the company would give it back. It has been confirmed that the actual cost of giving birth to a surrogate mother is as well as the fact that even if it is illegal, compensation can be obtained.

According to data from the China National Health Planning Commission, the infertility rate of women of childbearing age reaches 12.5-15%. It means that 1 in 8 people are suffering from infertility or infertility. The Xinhua News Agency reported that 50 million households in China are infertile, and as of 2019, 517 medical institutions across China were licensed to provide auxiliary infertility treatments such as in vitro baby procedures, but the actual success rate is less than 50%. According to statistics, at least 20 million women are suffering from infertility problems, which have become a potential customer base for surrogate mothers.

How big is the actual surrogate pregnancy in China? The magazine interviewed a representative of a surrogate brokerage company in Beijing. Anonymity was the premise. When asked,’Can you know the scale?’, he said, “No one will have accurate data,” he said. “A small company can do a few people a year, and a large company can do a few hundred people a year.” “It will be in the thousands of people in China,” he said. He has been running a brokerage company for 10 years.

The cost of giving birth to a surrogate mother varies slightly depending on the coverage, but the average is 500,000 yuan (85 million won). “We usually focus on helping our clients give birth to in vitro babies. While public hospitals have a one-to-many approach, we are very satisfied with one-to-one service,” he said. He added, “If it is not possible at this stage, there is no need to persuade to propose a surrogate mother,” he said. “Instead, it informs that the success rate of surrogate birth is 90-92% as of 2019.” It means that it already has a stable system from recruitment of surrogate mothers to conception, childbirth, post-mortem confirmation, and registration of names. It was also pointed out that successful parents bring another customer back.

Where to find a surrogate mother. One recent surrogate mother was given as an example. She lives in a rural area and says her husband is a pneumoconiosis patient. Two children and four elderly people live in one house. He said, “If she works as a general worker, she will be able to earn 3,500 yuan (600,000 won) per month,” he said. “It would be insufficient to support her family for her husband’s medicine.” Usually, a surrogate mother is 200,000 yuan (34 million won). ), it is said that you will receive about 20,000 yuan (3.4 million won) per month.

Surrogate births differ from country to country. Germany, France, as well as Korea, are illegal, and the United States has a place that permits each state if it is not for profit or if pregnancy is impossible. As the problem of childbirth of surrogate mothers broke out, the Chinese government declared it’illegal’ and tightened the reins of crackdowns. The representative of the company said, “It is easy to criticize from the side without hearing the circumstances of those who choose to actually give birth to a surrogate mother.” Some claim that the brokerage’s revenue is half of the total cost. It is unclear whether the surrogate pregnancy will be eradicated in China despite the Chinese government’s strong crackdown.