VOA Mandarin: Pledge to provide child care subsidies welcomed

FILE - Potential nannies learn how to care for newborns at a training school in Beijing on Dec 5, 2018.

Chinese Premier Li Qiang told the National People’s Congress on Wednesday that the Chinese government will provide child care subsidies and expand free preschool day care available to young couples to boost the country’s declining population. Li’s pledges were welcomed by Chinese netizens.