Beijing to Build Permanent Home for Street Children

2005/08/14

Beijing will build a permanent aid centre for street children in its suburban Daxing District according to a Xinhuanet report.

The centre, designed to receive as many as 400 children, ages 3 to 18, will be the first aid centre for minors in the Chinese capital, Li Jun, director of the Beijing AID Affairs Management Centre, said on July 27.

To cope with an immediate need, the municipal government approved building of a temporary aid centre for homeless children in June 2004. It was located in an abandoned primary school and provided 150 beds.

"Even though the new centre can take in more children, it will hardly meet the actual needs of children waiting for help in streets," said Li, adding the government plans to build more aid centres in the future.



	Article featured in Business Beijing, August 2005 Publication sponsored by Information Office of the Beijing Municipal Government, Beijing Municipal Bureau of Commerce, Development & Reform Commission of Beijing Municipality, China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (Beijing Sub-Council)