Beijing/New York – 15 December 2025 – Xu Bo, a 48-year-old Chinese billionaire and founder of the online gaming company Duoyi Network, has reportedly fathered more than 100 children through surrogacy arrangements in the United States, where the children automatically acquire birthright citizenship.
Social media accounts linked to Xu and his company have posted fantasies about his children one day marrying the offspring of Tesla CEO Elon Musk, envisioning a vast merged family dynasty between the two high-profile fathers.
Xu, who has described himself as “China’s first father” and frequently criticised feminism on Chinese platforms, initially expressed a goal of having at least 50 “high-quality sons” to inherit his business empire. A verified Weibo account associated with him outlined plans for dozens of male heirs.
Duoyi Network later stated on social media that Xu has “only a little over 100” children born through US surrogacy, pushing back against claims by his former girlfriend Tang Jing, who alleged more than 300 children in multiple countries and said she had raised 11 of them. A company representative declined to address specific details when questioned.
The references to Elon Musk appeared on Weibo accounts connected to Xu, with posts promoting the idea that “having more children can solve all problems” and explicitly imagining future marriages between his children and Musk’s. Fertility industry sources describe Musk as a role model for wealthy Chinese clients pursuing extremely large families through surrogacy, inspired by his public calls for higher birth rates and his own 14 known children.
In 2023, a Los Angeles family court judge rejected several of Xu’s petitions for parental rights over unborn children carried by surrogates, noting an unusual volume of cases. Xu appeared by video and told the court he aimed for at least 20 superior male heirs born in the US, acknowledging he had not yet met many of the children, who were being cared for by nannies in California while awaiting travel documents to China.
Xu is part of a broader trend among some of China’s ultra-wealthy who use America’s relatively permissive surrogacy laws – banned domestically in China – to build extraordinarily large families. Other reported cases include Chinese executives commissioning dozens of children, sometimes specifying preferences for sons or daughters from particular egg donors.
The practice has roots in bypassing China’s former one-child policy and has intensified amid the country’s current fertility crisis and falling birth rates. The United States remains attractive because surrogacy regulations vary by state and children born on US soil automatically gain citizenship.
The revelations have sparked ethical debates about the commodification of surrogates and children, as well as concerns over transparency and oversight in the largely unregulated US surrogacy industry. In China, where surrogacy is illegal, the stories have triggered public discussion and criticism.
As details continue to emerge on social media and in international reports, Xu’s case highlights the intersection of extreme wealth, reproductive technology, and ideological views on population and family in an era of global demographic challenges.
