Adoption a long mission

Let our enthusiasm for adopting quake orphans be based on our good sense, says an article in People's Daily. The following is an excerpt:

Although the civil affairs department kept stressing that the accurate number of orphans needs to be confirmed and the procedures of adopting them are yet to be set, people still show great enthusiasm for adopting children orphaned by the quake. Only in Beijing, by May 22, more than 8,000 residents inquired via hotlines about how to adopt orphans. By May 24, some 300 households in New York consulted authorities about the ways for adopting Chinese quake-induced orphans.

No one ever predicted that this massive earthquake would suddenly destroy so many families. Over 5,000 children lost their parents.