2021-05-25 10:05:18 GMT2021-05-25 18:05:18(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
BEIJING, May 25 (Xinhua) China plans to restructure its child welfare services and complete the reform process by 2025, shifting the focus of the service system to the protection of minors, the Ministry of Civil Affairs said at a press conference on Tuesday.
Child welfare services in China are dedicated to sheltering and supporting children whose guardianship is assumed by civil affairs authorities, said the ministry, noting that many facilities now lie idle as the number of orphans has dropped 66 percent from the 2012 figure to 190,000.
Close to 70 percent of county-level child welfare facilities have less than 10 residents, said an official with the ministry Zhao Yong, noting that there are 1,217 child welfare facilities across the country.
2021-05-25 05:05:25 GMT2021-05-25 13:05:25(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
BEIJING, May 25 (Xinhua) China has planned to restructure its child welfare services and finish the reform process by 2025, shifting the focus of the service system to minor protection, the Ministry of Civil Affairs said Tuesday at a press conference.
Child welfare services in China have been dedicated to sheltering and supporting underage children whose guardianship is assumed by the civil affairs authorities, said the ministry, noting that many of the facilities now lie idle as the number of orphans dropped 66 percent from the 2012 figure to the current 190,000.
Close to 70 percent of county-level child welfare facilities have less than 10 residents, said Zhao Yong, an official with the ministry, adding that there are 1,217 child welfare facilities across the country.
“Cooling off”? According to the new law that came into force in January, Chinese couples looking to divorce must first complete a mandatory month-long cooling off period to reflect. They must then apply again if they still feel the same. If they don’t show up for two appointments between 30 and 60 days after applying, their application is cancelled.
What’s behind the law? The Communist Party of China introduced the legislation in a bid to reduce rising divorce rates. Last year, around 4.15 million Chinese couples got divorced; in 2003, it was 1.3 million.
The reasons for the rise…? A variety of issues, including the increasing autonomy of women in China, as well as a growing intolerance of domestic abuse and extra marital affairs, along with reduced stigma.
NEW YORK: The number of divorces recorded in China has fallen by more than 70% since the introduction of a mandatory cooling-off period earlier this year, foreign media reported.According to.
According to Ministry of Civil Affairs, 296,000 divorces were registered in the first quarter of 2021, compared to 1.06 million in the final quarter of last year a drop of 72%. There was a nearly 52% drop year-on-year, from 612,000 in the first quarter of 2020.