Beijing, Dec. 22 -- For the first time Chinese lawmakers are reviewing a draft law aimed at promoting and regulating childcare services, strengthening legal protections for children under three, and improving childbirth and parenting support policies.
The draft was submitted on Monday to the ongoing session of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), the national legislature, for its first reading. According to Luo Shugang, chairman of the NPC's Education, Science, Culture and Public Health Committee, the draft law was initiated in 2023.
Extensive field visits were subsequently conducted in regions such as Beijing, Guangdong in the south, Heilongjiang in the northeast, and Inner Mongolia in the north to gain a deepe...