Parents of missing children band together in Beijing

Ten parents converged on Beijing from various provinces in the hopes of finding clues to the whereabouts of their missing children.

The parents, who hail from provinces such as Hebei, Guangdong and Shaanxi, met through websites such as baobeihuijia.com (which means "baby comes back home"), which include postings for missing children.

"Most of us have traveled many places around China in the past few years, and Beijing is one of the stops," said Wu Xinghu, 31, a father from Pucheng county of Shaanxi province.