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 May 27, 2017 shows that children make "zongzi", a pyramid-shaped dumpling made of glutinous rice wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves, at a kindergarten in Hunnan District of Shenyang, capital of northeast China's Liaoning Province, to greet the Dragon Boat Festival. (Xinhua/Long Lei)