Formal Statement

Since Andrew was sick the Friday Ana and I went to visit Emily's birth town, I had not posted the info. I think I gave a different name for the city, but it should be Jinghai. Below is the formal announcement from the orphanage's president proclaiming her to be an orphan. I believe she used the same wording from the announcement in the Tianjin Legal News that ran from March 13 to May 12, 2006:

This is to certify that Wei Mingsu (female, born on January 19, 2006) was abandoned at the north coal room of the doorway of a resident home, No. 9, Row 1, Dongfanghong Road, Jinghai Town, Jinghai County, Tianjin on February 9, 2006 and was found at the same place herein above. The local Xicheng Police Station of Jinghai Branch, Tianjiin Municipal Public Security Bureau had searched for her parents or relatives, but nobody claimed that she was the daughter of them. After that she was affirmed as an abandoned child and was sent to Institute of Children's Welfare Tianjin by the said police station on February 9, 2006. Her biological parents or other relatives can not be found up to now.

President: Feng Liwei

Institute of Children's Welfare Tianjin (January 23, 2008)

The first pic is the address with copy of the newspaper announcement (you can find the larger pic on Flickr), then the residence where she was found and finally, our guide, Wendy, showing me the coal room. Apparently, a passerby found her and took her to the police.