Schools' system counters sex harassment

Schools in a district of Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, have been ordered to report allegations or evidence of sexual harassment on campus to police within 24 hours.

It is considered the nation's first working mechanism against sexual harassment on campus, prosecutors in the city's Xihu district said on Monday.

An operating guideline was also released by the procuratorate and the district's education authorities ordering teachers to report to school officials within six hours of hearing about the sexual harassment of students. School heads must brief police within 24 hours.