Veteran Tied To GOP Think Tank Allegedly Runs US Surrogacy Firm Used By Chinese Billionaires

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Veteran Tied To GOP Think Tank Allegedly Runs US Surrogacy Firm Used By Chinese Billionaires

A U.S. Army veteran who landed a fellowship at a prestigious conservative think tank runs a California surrogacy agency that has carried babies for Chinese billionaires.

Haotian Bai, who was born in China, runs Patriot Conceptions, a California agency that operates between China and the United States, according to the New York Post. He charges intended parents $120,000 to $200,000, while surrogates collect $60,000 to $120,000. The arrangement is legal under current surrogacy laws and the birthright citizenship guarantee in the 14th Amendment.

The firm drew national attention through a surrogate identified as Judy, who believed she was carrying a child for a single father. CBS News told her the intended parent was reclusive Chinese billionaire Xu Bo, a video game executive whose former partner alleges he has fathered as many as 300 children. (RELATED: ‘Only A Little Over 100’: Chinese Billionaire Started US-Born Baby Empire Using US Surrogates)

Xu disputes that count and says he has custody of 12 children born through American surrogacy, CBS News reported. His company later acknowledged the effort produced “only a little over 100” children.

Patriot Conceptions markets heavily to Chinese clients, offering Chinese and English websites and directing prospects to WeChat, according to the Post. The company maps 25 states with a supportive posture toward citizenship and flags Louisiana as the lone restrictive state. Bai told the Post his firm does not release client demographics and that a parent’s foreign nationality “does not by itself establish that obtaining citizenship is the purpose of an arrangement.”

Bai landed a 2024-2025 veteran fellowship at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University’s conservative think tank, which called him a leader in third-party reproduction, according to the Hoover Institution.

He moved from China around 2012, studied environmental engineering at Iowa State University, and then enlisted to gain citizenship, according to a former collegue who spoke to the Post. In 2019, he faced accusations of selling Hawaiian legislative internships to Chinese students, which he denied, and never faced charges.

Patriot Conceptions said it was not Xu’s only agency and welcomes scrutiny, according to a company statement. “The surrogate deserves to have her concerns taken seriously,” Bai said.