Founder of Duoyi Network Xu Bo's Surrogacy Results in Over 100 Children Gaining U.S. Citizenship
Xu Bo, the founder of Duoyi Network, has arranged for the birth of numerous children through surrogacy in the U.S., with the children obtaining citizenship upon birth. Former partner Tang Jing claims the number of children could reach 300, while the company initially stated that after years of surrogacy in the U.S., there were 'just over 100', later clarifying that Xu Bo is the guardian of twelve children born in the U.S.
A clerk at the Los Angeles family court repeatedly saw the same name in sealed surrogacy applications. Judge Amy Pellman held a closed hearing in the summer of 2023, where Xu Bo appeared via video translation from China, expressing a desire for about twenty more American-born boys to take over the business. At that time, at least four children were yet to be born, and at least eight were already in the surrogacy process, with some children being cared for by a nanny in Irvine, waiting for procedures to go to China; he claimed he had not met them due to a busy work schedule.
Surrogacy agencies attract clients through Instagram ads, offering around $120,000, and tell surrogates that the clients are 'single fathers expanding their families'. Leaked documents obtained by CBS show that the client is Xu Bo. Surrogate Judy later learned the scale of the operation, with the agency claiming to employ nearly two dozen surrogates simultaneously. Industry quotes suggest around $200,000 per child, covering IVF, legal documents, delivery, and nanny services.
Xu Bo refers to himself as 'China's number one father', previously stating on public accounts that he seeks 'fifty quality sons', believing that more children can solve all problems, and fantasizing about marriages between his children and those of Elon Musk. The company's social media account released a photo of about a hundred young children seated neatly, later stating that they believe in the blessing of many children and wish their actions benefit the long-term development of the nation. The company denied courtroom claims that boys are superior to girls and stated that the Wall Street Journal confused the facts.
From 2014 to 2020, Chinese clients accounted for about 40% of international surrogacy clients in the U.S. During the same period, education executive Wang Huiwu had ten girls born using American models and other egg donors, with the goal of marrying into powerful families. California is a hub for embryo transfers, and even if surrogates live in other states, transfers are often completed in California.
In market terms, the buyers are ultra-high-net-worth men from China, while the sellers are American agencies, clinics, law firms, and surrogates. This represents a regulatory arbitrage driven by events: China prohibits commercial surrogacy, while the U.S. allows it by state and grants citizenship at birth, with funds flowing from gaming cash through intermediaries into IVF, legal services, nannies, and cross-border transport. The beneficiaries are the network of intermediaries and the children who obtain passports, while surrogates, who are matched in bulk without knowledge, and family courts dealing with parental rights vacuums bear the pressure.
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Xu Bo left his executive position at NetEase to found Duoyi Network, accumulating approximately $3.8 billion in wealth through fantasy online games, transforming childbirth from a family decision into a replicable production line. He and Tang Jing are embroiled in custody and financial litigation, with Tang claiming to have cared for thirteen children in Japan, eleven of whom were born via surrogacy; he counters with theft accusations. After Pellman denied custody in 2023, associated accounts claimed to appeal due to 'malicious rulings by a female judge' and gradually won back children, with the strategy being to first place large orders and then use legal means to transfer children from U.S. birth homes back to the Chinese custody system.
Capital is not directed towards new gaming categories but rather towards purchasing American wombs, Jewish egg combinations, Irvine nanny housing, and sealed parental rights applications. The motivations are twofold: first, to hedge the risk of heirs after China's birth rate collapse through quantity, and second, to obtain citizenship at birth, which is cheaper than EB-5, with the ability to guarantee relatives at age 21. The resource mobilization method is similar to mergers and acquisitions—agencies package clinics, lawyers, and logistics, allowing clients to complete transactions without entering the country, turning gaming profits into cross-border population options.
Similar structures can be seen in Wang Huiwu's targeted birth of ten girls for political marriage, and in Arcadia, California, where Xuan Guojun raised over twenty surrogate children, triggering police and federal intervention. The industry is transitioning from 'filling gaps for infertile families' to the end of an expansion phase of 'wealthy bulk-customized nationalities', with California courts beginning to reject assembly-line parental rights, and proposals to restrict surrogacy by nationality emerging in Congress, indicating a narrowing of regulatory windows.
The essence is the transfer of pricing power: citizenship is broken down into purchasable birthing services, and the principle of birthplace under the 14th Amendment becomes a wholesale channel for high-net-worth buyers. The mechanism is regulatory misalignment—countries that prohibit commercial surrogacy outsource demand to countries that allow it and grant passports, with intermediaries profiting from price differences, clients benefiting from institutional dividends, and children becoming legally tradable assets across borders.