Jiangsu tests color-coded system to aid children in need

Jiangsu province has been testing a color-coded system this year to indicate risks facing children who live in difficult conditions and to offer specific help to them.

In the four-tier system, red represents the most severe conditions and that civil affairs departments must intervene immediately. It is followed sequentially by yellow, blue and green.

Xiao Jing, not her real name, was recently added to the system. The 10-year-old is an orphan infected with HIV. She has been living in the smaller city of Xinghua with her grandparents since her mother died from AIDS and her father, who also has AIDS, abandoned her.