Expert: Day care needs will expand

Educator says input required from various sectors to ensure child safety

Child abuse that allegedly took place at the in-house day care center of online travel agency Ctrip has continued to ignite public discussion after prosecutors specializing in crimes against children in Shanghai's Changning district took up the case last week.

Cai Jianguo, a professor at Tongji University, said day care services for children under 3 years old are already far too few to meet demand nationwide, and as China relaxes its family planning policy, allowing all couples to have a second child, the problem will only get worse.