Upgrading of domestic service sector welcome

Editor's note: The State Council, China's Cabinet, recently released a guideline encouraging domestic service providers to sign labor contracts with their employees and offer social security to them, so more people will be attracted to work in the sector and meet the fast-growing demand for better domestic services. Two experts share their views on the issue with China Daily's Yao Yuxin. Excerpts follow:

Development of sector will create more jobs

The rising aging population and the inability of many people, thanks to work pressure and changing lifestyles, to look after their aged parents and/or take care of a second child have dramatically raised the demand for household workers and caregivers.