Policies help ease problems of migrant kids

The eastern province of Zhejiang has channeled greater efforts and resources to support the well-being of migrant children, and has taken several explorative steps to ease the children's problems of education, healthcare and public services by relaxing hukou — the permanent household registration — restrictions in recent years.

Linli community in Baiyang subdistrict of Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, has operated a public kindergarten for migrant children since November 2022, where the migrant workers covered by the national social insurance program can apply to send their children to the kindergarten without hukou restrictions.

Zhang Minhua, Party secretary of the Linli community, said that the community, located in the city's Qiantang district of industrial zones, has most of the residents being migrant workers who face problems registering their households in the city due to hukou restrictions, thus their children have difficulty of getting enrolled in public schools.