CIIC:Today's featured article/December 15, 2016
From Wiki China org cn
Left-behind children (留守儿童) refer to those children who are cared for by a single parent or grandparents, usually residing in rural areas with their parents seeking employment in the cities. According to a survey of the National Women's Federation, the number of such children now stands around 58 million, accounting for 28.29 percent of all children in rural areas. Among these children, 57.2 percent are looked after by a single parent, whereas 42.8 percent have no parents with them at all. 79.7 percent are cared for by their grandparents and 13 percent are entrusted to their relatives or parents' friends. 7.3 percent have no custody. (More...)
