Overview

• Huang received a five-year, two-month prison term and a 30,000 yuan fine for fraud and child trafficking.
• The court handed Li a nine-month suspended sentence and Wei a seven-month prison term for purchasing the trafficked children.
• She sold her first son in October 2020 for 45,000 yuan and a second son in early 2022 for 38,000 yuan to feed her livestream gifting obsession.
• Police uncovered chat records in April 2022 that led to the rescue of both boys, who remain in civil affairs care pending adoption.
• The case highlights gaps in informal adoption oversight and the social risks of compulsive livestream tipping.