A solution to the problem of left-behind kids

At an executive meeting of the State Council, China's cabinet, on Jan 27, Premier Li Keqiang announced an overall policy arrangement of providing care for left-behind children, who live in rural hometown while their parents migrate to cities for work. Following are media comments: gov.cn:

"We should not let the left-behind children problem become a family and social pain forever", Premier Li said at the State Council meeting on Jan 27. He added that strengthening the programs that provide care and protection to tens of millions of such children, in order to promote their healthy development, is the common responsibility of families, the government and society.

The meeting urged families to strengthen their custodial role, asked grassroots governments, village (neighborhood) committees and schools to fulfill their responsibilities of providing care and education for the children, and called on social workers and charity organizations to help improve the care-providing system.