China to increase public spending on preschool education

Chinese Minister of Education Chen Baosheng on Tuesday promised to increase public spending and support for preschool education. The ministry will set a standard for public spending on state-run kindergartens and subsidies for private kindergartens for each child. And, measures will be adopted to guarantee salaries and benefit for preschool teachers and to increase their professional qualifications. File photo taken on Aug. 30, 2017 shows that children of the Development Zone Central Kindergarten learn traditional lantern dance at the Sanhe Bay Wetland Park in Changxing County, east China's Zhejiang Province. (Xinhua/Xu Yu)