China channels more funds, care into helping children in need

In 2019, the ministry for the first time set aside 400 million yuan for children's protection from the central assistance fund for people with financial difficulties, said Ni Chunxia, deputy director of the child welfare department.

The fund can be used to collect evidence on those in need of rescue, evaluate guardianship, and conduct follow-up studies and visits for needy children, especially those in impoverished areas, according to Ni.

The department has also directed 70 percent of assistance programs provided by children's social organizations to poor regions over the past two years.

In addition, the ministry will offer more than 1.4 million yuan to train personnel in charge of children's work in 22 provincial-level areas in the less-developed central and western regions, Ni said.

Moreover, relief organizations in the country had protected 68,000 minors who were homeless or in need of help in 2018.

The country's 1,806 relief organizations for minors offered protection for those who were homeless or without guardians or victims of domestic violence, Ni said.