Government and Policy

Chinese Premier Wen chats online with Internet users

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2011-02-27 09:51

China to build more high-quality rural schools

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao pledged the country will build more high-quality rural schools and take measures to make the nine-year compulsory education in cities more accessible to migrant workers' children.

The population of migrant workers in China has reached 240 million, and their children's education is one of their top concerns, Wen said during the online chat with Internet users.

Wen promised to send more teachers to rural schools and lift restrictions on household registration to allow migrant farmers to send their children to urban schools.

Migrant workers usually refer to farmers from impoverished regions who go to urban and more prosperous regions in search of jobs. Their children are usually left behind at home and taken care of by the seniors.