China's State Council
Coverage of China's State Council in the Nexus archive.
- Translation: “Education for Migrant Workers’ Children Can’t Wait Any Longer”
China's State Council introduced new guidelines to provide basic services based on actual residence rather than hukou registration, aiming to address issues caused by the hukou system that separates migrant workers from their families. Journalist Peng Yuanwen argues the central government should fund reforms to improve education for migrant and left-behind children, criticizing past policies like the one-child policy and highlighting demographic challenges.
- American donated US$5,000 to China farmer for tree planting decades ago invited to view forest
Chinese environmental activist Yin Yuzhen, who has spent decades planting trees in Inner Mongolia's deserts, has invited an American donor who contributed US$5,000 to her reforestation efforts decades ago to visit the forest that resulted from his funding. Yin was recognized as a National Model Worker by China's State Council in 2000 for her anti-desertification work.