Pilot creates welfare blueprint for left-behind children

Wang Xinrui, a 13-year-old girl from Wenlou village in Henan province, has had to live with her grandmother, because her parents, like so many other migrant workers from underdeveloped central and western regions of the country, were forced to stay away from home to earn their livings.

Statistics show there are now 60 million children like Wang, often called "left-behind children", in Chinese society. Experts say such children are more likely to be abused, drop out of school, eat unhealthily, or even suffer from addiction.

But the good news is that dealing with these serious issues faced by left-behind young people is now becoming an increasing priority for the governments, academic institutions and international organizations.