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RC2TSN9F4BJH Sun Yan, 25, and her husband play with their two children on the outskirts of Shanghai, China June 3, 2021. REUTERS/Aly Song

RC2SSN95PCXR Sun Yan's husband plays with their two children on the outskirts of Shanghai, China June 3, 2021. REUTERS/Aly Song

RC2SSN95IXUJ Sun Yan, 25, poses for her two children in her barbershop on the outskirts of Shanghai, China June 3, 2021. REUTERS/Aly Song

RC2SSN9MWLNU Sun Yan's husband plays with their two children on the outskirts of Shanghai, China June 3, 2021. REUTERS/Aly Song

RC132CC0AB00 Children play in front of a kindergarten in the settlement of Dajing in rural Shaanxi province, China, June 11, 2017. Picture taken June 11, 2017. REUTERS/Sue-Lin Wong

RC1FAF5D0790 Relatives care for village children in Huangchuan village in rural Shaanxi province, China, June 11, 2017. Picture taken June 11, 2017. REUTERS/Sue-Lin Wong

GF20000012150 Students toss hats as they practice at an acrobatic school in Sanwang village, Anhui province, China, July 31, 2015. Over 100 students, mostly young children are currently studying at the school. Most of them came from rural area of Henan, Shandong, Jiangsu and Anhui provinces. Starting at 4 a.m. every morning, students practice an average of 10 hours. The training usually lasts from one month to over a year. Picture taken July 31, 2015. REUTERS/Stringer CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA

GF20000012149 A woman (bottom) balance two men with her feet as students practice at an acrobatic school in Sanwang village, Anhui province, China, July 30, 2015. Over 100 students, mostly young children are currently studying at the school. Most of them came from rural area of Henan, Shandong, Jiangsu and Anhui provinces. Starting at 4 a.m. every morning, students practice an average of 10 hours. The training usually lasts from one month to over a year. Picture taken July 30, 2015. REUTERS/Stringer CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA

GM1EA850XWZ01 ATTENTION EDITORS - VISUAL COVERAGE OF SCENES OF INJURY OR DEATHYan Jinhua cries in front of the covered bodies of her son and daughter who died when a magnitude 6.3 earthquake hit Longtoushan town, Ludian county of Zhaotong, Yunnan province, August 4, 2014. The death toll from the earthquake that hit southwestern China on Sunday climbed to 398 people, state media reported on Monday. Picture taken August 4, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA.TEMPLATE OUT

GM1EA7B0VCZ01 People wait for a school van to be lifted from a reservoir after an accident in Xiangtan, Hunan province, July 11, 2014. Eleven people died, including eight children, in crash, state media said on Friday, the latest in a string of traffic accidents that have fueled public anger over unsafe transport for school children. The bus taking kindergartners home on a rural, mountainous road near Xiangtan city tumbled into the reservoir on Thursday afternoon, state-run China News Service reported, killing everyone on the vehicle, including two teachers and the driver. REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA - Tags: DISASTER TRANSPORT EDUCATION) CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA

GM1EA7B0V6O01 ATTENTION EDITORS - VISUAL COVERAGE OF SCENES OF INJURY OR DEATHA school van is lifted from a reservoir after an accident in Xiangtan, Hunan province, July 11, 2014. Eleven people died, including eight children, in crash, state media said on Friday, the latest in a string of traffic accidents that have fueled public anger over unsafe transport for school children. The bus taking kindergartners home on a rural, mountainous road near Xiangtan city tumbled into the reservoir on Thursday afternoon, state-run China News Service reported, killing everyone on the vehicle, including two teachers and the driver. REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA - Tags: DISASTER TRANSPORT EDUCATION) TEMPLATE OUT. CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA

GM1EA7B0TPF01 A school bus is lifted from a reservoir after an accident in Xiangtan, Hunan province, July 11, 2014. Eleven people died, including eight children, in crash, state media said on Friday, the latest in a string of traffic accidents that have fueled public anger over unsafe transport for school children. The bus taking kindergartners home on a rural, mountainous road near Xiangtan city tumbled into the reservoir on Thursday afternoon, state-run China News Service reported, killing everyone on the vehicle, including two teachers and the driver. REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA - Tags: DISASTER TRANSPORT EDUCATION TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA

GM1EA3L18VQ01 A woman (L) cries at a hospital after a suspected food poisoning at her child's kindergarten in Qiubei county, Yunnan province March 20, 2014. Suspected food poisoning in the rural kindergarten in southwest China's Yunnan province killed two children and left 30 hospitalized on Wednesday, Xinhua News Agency reported. Picture taken March 20, 2014. REUTERS/China Daily (CHINA - Tags: HEALTH DISASTER EDUCATION) CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA

GM1EA3L18KW01 Parents wait with their children who are receiving medical treatment at a hospital after a suspected food poisoning at a kindergarten in Qiubei county, Yunnan province March 20, 2014. Suspected food poisoning in the rural kindergarten in southwest China's Yunnan province killed two children and left 30 hospitalized on Wednesday, Xinhua News Agency reported. Picture taken March 20, 2014. REUTERS/China Daily (CHINA - Tags: HEALTH DISASTER EDUCATION) CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA

GM1EA1R12KD01 Pro-democracy lawmaker Leung Kwok-hung (R), also known as "Long Hair", burns a letter during a protest calling for the release of Chinese rights advocate Xu Zhiyong, outside the Chinese liaison office in Hong Kong January 27, 2014. A court sentenced Xu, one of China's most prominent rights advocates, to four years in prison on Sunday after he campaigned for the rights of children from rural areas to be educated in cities and for officials to disclose their assets. Words above a picture of Xu read, "Release Xu Zhiyong immediately". REUTERS/Tyrone Siu (CHINA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW)

GM1EA1R12FW01 Pro-democracy lawmaker Leung Kwok-hung (2nd R), also known as "Long Hair", burns a letter during a protest calling for the release of Chinese rights advocate Xu Zhiyong, outside the Chinese liaison office in Hong Kong January 27, 2014. A court sentenced Xu, one of China's most prominent rights advocates, to four years in prison on Sunday after he campaigned for the rights of children from rural areas to be educated in cities and for officials to disclose their assets. Words above a picture of Xu on left read, "Release Xu Zhiyong immediately". REUTERS/Tyrone Siu (CHINA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW)

GM1EA1R12AC01 Pro-democracy lawmaker Leung Kwok-hung (R), also known as "Long Hair", shouts during a protest calling for the release of Chinese rights advocate Xu Zhiyong, outside the Chinese liaison office in Hong Kong January 27, 2014. A court sentenced Xu, one of China's most prominent rights advocates, to four years in prison on Sunday after he campaigned for the rights of children from rural areas to be educated in cities and for officials to disclose their assets. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu (CHINA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

GM1EA1Q109S01 Policemen stand guard outside the Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People's Court, where Xu Zhiyong's trial is held, in Beijing January 26, 2014. The court sentenced Xu, one of China's most prominent rights advocates, to four years in prison on Sunday after he campaigned for the rights of children from rural areas to be educated in cities and for officials to disclose their assets. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (CHINA - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW MEDIA)

GM1EA1Q109J01 A policeman stops a photographer from trying to take a picture of the exterior of the Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People's Court, where Xu Zhiyong's trial is held, in Beijing January 26, 2014. The court sentenced Xu, one of China's most prominent rights advocates, to four years in prison on Sunday after he campaigned for the rights of children from rural areas to be educated in cities and for officials to disclose their assets. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (CHINA - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW MEDIA)

GM1EA1Q0Z8Z01 Policemen block a group of journalists trying to interview Zhang Qingfang (C with hat), the lawyer of Xu Zhiyong, after Xu's trial, near the Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People's Court in Beijing January 26, 2014. A Chinese court sentenced Xu, one of China's most prominent rights advocates, to four years in prison on Sunday after he campaigned for the rights of children from rural areas to be educated in cities and for officials to disclose their assets. The Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People's Court found Xu guilty of "gathering a crowd to disturb public order", the court said on its official microblog. Xu was tried on Wednesday. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (CHINA - Tags: POLITICS)

GM1EA1Q0Z4501 Plainclothes policemen (R and 2nd L) block a group of journalists trying to interview Zhang Qingfang (C with hat), the lawyer of Xu Zhiyong, after Xu's trial, near the Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People's Court in Beijing January 26, 2014. A Chinese court sentenced Xu, one of China's most prominent rights advocates, to four years in prison on Sunday after he campaigned for the rights of children from rural areas to be educated in cities and for officials to disclose their assets. The Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People's Court found Xu guilty of "gathering a crowd to disturb public order", the court said on its official microblog. Xu was tried on Wednesday. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (CHINA - Tags: POLITICS)

GM1EA1Q0YT901 Policemen escort Zhang Qingfang (C), the lawyer of Xu Zhiyong, away from journalists after Xu's trial, near the Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People's Court in Beijing January 26, 2014. A Chinese court sentenced Xu, one of China's most prominent rights advocates, to four years in prison on Sunday after he campaigned for the rights of children from rural areas to be educated in cities and for officials to disclose their assets. The Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People's Court found Xu guilty of "gathering a crowd to disturb public order", the court said on its official microblog. Xu was tried on Wednesday. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (CHINA - Tags: POLITICS)

GM1EA1Q0YJ501 A plainclothes policeman holds onto Zhang Qingfang (C), the lawyer of Xu Zhiyong, to put him into a police car as journalists follow the lawyer after Xu's trial, near the Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People's Court in Beijing January 26, 2014. A Chinese court sentenced one of China's most prominent rights advocates to four years in prison on Sunday after he campaigned for the rights of children from rural areas to be educated in cities and for officials to disclose their assets. The Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People's Court found Xu Zhiyong guilty of "gathering a crowd to disturb public order", the court said on its official microblog. Xu was tried on Wednesday. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (CHINA - Tags: POLITICS)

GM1EA1Q0Y9I01 A policeman blocks a group of journalists trying to interview Zhang Qingfang (R), the lawyer of Xu Zhiyong, after Xu's trial near the Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People's Court in Beijing January 26, 2014. A Chinese court sentenced one of China's most prominent rights advocates to four years in prison on Sunday after he campaigned for the rights of children from rural areas to be educated in cities and for officials to disclose their assets. The Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People's Court found Xu Zhiyong guilty of "gathering a crowd to disturb public order", the court said on its official microblog. Xu was tried on Wednesday. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (CHINA - Tags: POLITICS)

GM1E94M18FK01 Children look out from inside a tent after Saturday's earthquake in Lingguan town of Baoxing county, Sichuan province April 22, 2013. Rescuers struggled to reach a remote, rural corner of southwestern China on Sunday as the toll of the dead and missing from the country's worst earthquake in three years climbed to 208 with almost 1,000 serious injuries. The 6.6 magnitude quake struck in Lushan county, near the city of Ya'an in the southwestern province of Sichuan, close to where a devastating 7.9 quake hit in May 2008, killing 70,000. REUTERS/Aly Song (CHINA - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT)

GM1E94L1F8L01 Children on the roadside hold a sign that reads "Nearly 500 people, no food, no water, no tent" after a strong 6.6 magnitude earthquake hit the remote, mostly rural and mountainous Lushan county, Sichuan province, April 21, 2013. Rescuers struggled to reach a remote, rural corner of southwestern China on Sunday as the toll of the dead and missing from the country's worst earthquake in three years climbed to 203 with almost 1,000 serious injuries. The 6.6 magnitude quake struck in Lushan county, near the city of Ya'an in the southwestern province of Sichuan, close to where a devastating 7.9 quake hit in May 2008, killing 70,000. REUTERS/Aly Song (CHINA - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT)

GM1E94L1F8B01 Children on the roadside hold a sign that reads "no food, no tent" after a strong 6.6 magnitude earthquake hit the remote, mostly rural and mountainous Lushan county, Sichuan province, April 21, 2013. Rescuers struggled to reach a remote corner of southwestern China on Sunday as the toll of the dead and missing from the country's worst earthquake in three years climbed to 203 with more than 11,000 injured. The 6.6 magnitude quake struck in Lushan county, near the city of Ya'an in the southwestern province of Sichuan, close to where a devastating 7.9 temblor hit in May 2008 killing some 70,000. REUTERS/Aly Song (CHINA - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT)

GM1E91C1AM701 A boy plays with a toy gun at a poor residential area for migrant workers on the outskirts of Beijing January 12, 2013. Chinese rural children are expected to get better care from the government including more nutritious meals, safe school buses and better accommodation facilities. Currently, China has about 58 million rural children living away from their parents, or 28.29 percent of the total number of rural children, Xinhua reported. REUTERS/Jason Lee (CHINA - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY IMMIGRATION POVERTY)

GM1E91C1ALV01 Two 4-year-old twin sisters rest against a wall at a poor residential area for migrant workers on the outskirts of Beijing January 12, 2013. Chinese rural children are expected to get better care from the government including more nutritious meals, safe school buses and better accommodation facilities. Currently, China has about 58 million rural children living away from their parents, or 28.29 percent of the total number of rural children, Xinhua reported. REUTERS/Jason Lee (CHINA - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY IMMIGRATION POVERTY)

GM1E7AH1ORM01 Ethnic Dong minority children run on a paddy field in Tongguan village of Liping county, Guizhou province October 16, 2011. According to the local government, Tongguan village is the birthplace of the Kam Grand Choir, which is a traditional polyphonic choral performance of the Dong minority. The villagers in Tongguan keep a routine for choir practise, dressed in their traditional costumes, whenever they are free from farming. Practice usually occurs twice a week during the day, and almost every evening. Picture taken October 16, 2011. REUTERS/Sheng Li (CHINA - Tags: SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

GM1E7611K3I01 Children dance during a ceremony celebrating International Children's Day at a rural primary school in Min county, Gansu province June 1, 2011. The school, consisting of five teachers and 102 pupils, is located on a mountain measuring more than 2,000 meters (6,562 ft) high. REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA - Tags: EDUCATION SOCIETY)

GM1E7611JYW01 Children walk along a road to their school after having their lunch at home in Min county, Gansu province June 1, 2011. The rural primary school, consisting of five teachers and 102 pupils, is located on a mountain measuring more than 2,000 meters (6,562 ft) high. REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA - Tags: EDUCATION SOCIETY IMAGES OF THE DAY)

GM1E7611K6G01 Children look out from a window of their classroom at a rural primary school in Min county, Gansu province June 1, 2011. The school, consisting of five teachers and 102 students, is located on a mountain measuring more than 2,000 meters (6,562 ft) high. REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA - Tags: EDUCATION SOCIETY)

GM1E54A0ZRD01 A child suffering from hand, foot and mouth disease is seen at a hospital in Hefei, Anhui province April 10, 2009. Thirty-three children in two crowded rural provinces of China have died in an outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease that could claim more victims as it spreads in summer heat, state media reported. REUTERS/Jianan Yu (CHINA HEALTH)

GM1E54A0ZRC01 A doctor examines a child for symptoms of hand, foot and mouth disease at a hospital in Hefei, Anhui province April 10, 2009. Thirty-three children in two crowded rural provinces of China have died in an outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease that could claim more victims as it spreads in summer heat, state media reported. REUTERS/Jianan Yu (CHINA HEALTH)

GM1E53C16PV01 A Tibetan herder walks behind his herd of sheep and goats as they travel down a road on the outskirts of Jintan township, near the Qinghai Lake, in Qinghai province March 11, 2009. Qinghai province has moved about 50,000 nomads into settlements over the last three years, in a policy similar to those carried out in Tibet proper, Sichuan and Gansu provinces. Young adults often watch the herds far away in the hills, while children and older people stay in the settlements. With pastures fenced and motorcycles more common than horses, herding in the vast grasslands has become easier but herders have become more reliant on the broader economy. Picture taken March 11, 2009. REUTERS/David Gray (CHINA SOCIETY POLITICS RELIGION BUSINESS IMAGE OF THE DAY TOP PICTURE ANIMALS)

GM1E4A911MI01 A group of young Chinese children stand in line in front of a banner at Tiananmen Square, in front of the Great Hall of the People, the venue of the 3rd plenary session of the 17th Central Committee of the Party, in Beijing October 9, 2008. A Chinese Communist Party conclave this week will launch land reforms and rural spending initiatives as the government turns to the nation's vast countryside to help bolster the economy against global financial turmoil. The Chinese characters are part of a larger slogan but read: "try to achieve building a little, comfortable society". REUTERS/David Gray (CHINA)

GM1E43H0MG701 Children play under a makeshift bridge that crosses the Nairobi River, March 11, 2008. With the world's population expanding, a goal of improving sanitation by 2015 is slipping out of reach, despite progress in nations such as China and a few big contracts. Experts say a part of the solution, especially to cut water-borne diseases for the rural poor, may lie in renewed and smarter exploitation of nature. Picture taken March 11, 2008. To match feature WATER-SANITATION/ REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya (KENYA)

GM1E43A1MIP01 Sick children get medical treatment in a local clinic at the rural area of Poyang, Jiangxi province March 10, 2008. In his annual "state of the nation" report to parliament, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao targeted pollution, misgovernment and the gulf between the urban rich and farming poor as China prepares to go on show at the Olympic Games. REUTERS/Nir Elias (CHINA)

GM1DXALJGRAA Students sit around coins arranged in the shape of a heart during a donation campaign in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, January 12, 2008. The campaign called on children to donate their pocket money for needy students in rural areas and some 300,000 yuan (about $41,308) were collected from the province, Xinhua News Agency reported. Picture taken January 12, 2008. REUTERS/China Daily (CHINA) CHINA OUT

GM1DWTFWVOAA Annie Koh Chang prepares a hot dog for a customer next to U.S and Chinese flags at her stand in a department store in Beijing December 6, 2007. The former Chinese studies librarian for the University of California, Berkeley, has opened a new chapter in her life by returning to China to sell hot dogs in order to raise money for the schooling of rural migrant worker's children in Beijing. Her stand, called 'Kala's All American Hot Dog', was funded by 22 former students of an all girls' school in Taiwan who now all live in the United States. REUTERS/David Gray (CHINA)

GM1DWTFVDGAA Annie Koh Chang talks to a customer at her hot dog stand in a department store in Beijing December 6, 2007. The former Chinese studies librarian for the University of California, Berkeley, has opened a new chapter in her life by returning to China to sell hot dogs in order to raise money for the schooling of rural migrant worker's children in Beijing. Her stand, called 'Kala's All American Hot Dog', was funded by 22 former students of an all girls' school in Taiwan who now all live in the United States. REUTERS/David Gray (CHINA)

GM1DWQZPPVAA Children of migrant workers are seen behind a balcony at a primary school in Jinzhai county, east China's Anhui province, November 23, 2007. China has vowed fresh efforts to strengthen rural family planning, warning that measures to control population growth in the vast countryside face "unprecedented challenges". Picture taken November 23, 2007. REUTERS/Joe Chan (CHINA)

GM1DWQZOWMAA Children of migrant workers are seen at an open class in a primary school in Jinzhai county, east China's Anhui province, November 23, 2007. China has vowed fresh efforts to strengthen rural family planning, warning that measures to control population growth in the vast countryside face "unprecedented challenges". Picture taken November 23, 2007. REUTERS/Joe Chan (CHINA)

GM1DWQZOWJAA Children of migrant workers queue after class at a primary school in Jinzhai county, east China's Anhui province, November 23, 2007. China has vowed fresh efforts to strengthen rural family planning, warning that measures to control population growth in the vast countryside face "unprecedented challenges". Picture taken November 23, 2007. REUTERS/Joe Chan (CHINA)

GM1DUZMOHXAA Tibetan children from a lama school play soccer at Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwestern China's Qinghai province April 7, 2007. The China's government aims to extend nine-year compulsory education to more than 95 percent of the ethnic minority population by the end of 2010, said Dainzhub Ongboin, vice director of the State Ethnic Affairs Commission, Xinhua News Agency reported. Picture taken April 7, 2007. REUTERS/Simon Zo (CHINA)

GM1DUTLKOJAA Pupils sit in class at a primary school for disabled and orphaned children in Fuyang, east China's Anhui province March 7, 2007. Corruption, rural issues and the rich-poor divide topped the list of priorities for some delegates to the opening session of China's annual meeting of parliament. REUTERS/Jianan Yu (CHINA)

GM1DUTFZOOAA Pupils solve math problems at a primary school for the children of migrant labourers in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu province March 6, 2007. Corruption, rural issues and the rich-poor divide topped the list of priorities for some delegates to the opening session of China's annual meeting of parliament on Monday. REUTERS/Leo Lang (CHINA)

GM1DUTGMMUAA Children play at their yard in Jinshan district on the outskirts of Shanghai March 6, 2007. Corruption, rural issues and the rich-poor divide topped the list of priorities for some delegates to the opening session of China's annual meeting of parliament on Monday. REUTERS/Aly Song (CHINA)

GM1DUSMZWLAA Children sweep the playground at a rural primary school in Nanhui district on the outskirts of Shanghai March 2, 2007. After years of focus on urban schools and higher education, basic schooling in rural areas has finally become a priority for a government trying to address a rural-urban wealth gap in China that is contributing to social unrest. REUTERS/Aly Song (CHINA)

GM1DUSMMRAAA Children do schoolwork at a rural primary school in Nanhui district on the outskirts of Shanghai February March 2, 2007. After years of focus on urban schools and higher education, basic schooling in rural areas has finally become a priority for a government trying to address a rural-urban wealth gap in China that is contributing to social unrest. REUTERS/Aly Song (CHINA)

GM1DSZNYNSAA An elderly Tibetan herdsman walks with three children in the Niangqu village, Ruoma town, in Nagqu prefecture in Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) July 7, 2006. Nagqu, located in the northern part of TAR, is the political, economic, cultural and trading centre as well as a transport hub of the Tibet Autonomous Region. REUTERS/Claro Cortes IV (CHINA)

PBEAHUNNZBP A Chinese Catholic girl prays during an early morning mass at the Sacred Heart Cathedral in Xian County, China's rural northern Hebei province May 7, 2006. [China is to consecrate a U.S.-educated Chinese priest as an assistant bishop with papal blessing on Sunday, just days after Pope Benedict condemned the unilateral ordination of two bishops by Beijing.]

PBEAHUNQJEL A Chinese girl walks with a flock of ducks in a rural part of Xiangfan, China's central Hubei province March 12, 2006. [China has promised billions of extra dollars to lift struggling villages into prosperity, but it will take more than money to ensure that poor farmers -- and not just officials -- benefit, analysts said this week.]??? USE ONLY

PBEAHUNQJEK A Chinese boy pulls a tricycle loaded with plants in a rural part of Xiangfan, China's central Hubei province March 12, 2006. [China has promised billions of extra dollars to lift struggling villages into prosperity, but it will take more than money to ensure that poor farmers -- and not just officials -- benefit, analysts said this week.]??? USE ONLY

PBEAHUNQRBT Chinese children of migrant workers play table tennis at a primary school in a rural part of Hefei, capital of China's Anhui province March 8, 2006. China promised to stringently guard government funds and farmland as part of its ambitious rural development drive, but senior officials gave few clues of how they will cure festering abuses. ??? USE ONLY

GM1DSCQLUMAA A Chinese boy attends a class at a primary school for children of immigrant workers in a rural part of Hefei, capital of China's Anhui province March 8, 2006. China has promised billions of extra dollars to lift struggling villages into prosperity, but it will take more than money to ensure that poor families- and not just officials- benefit, analysts said on Monday. REUTERS/Stringer

GF1DSCQHDOAA Chinese children of migrant workers play table tennis at a primary school in a rural part of Hefei, capital of China's Anhui province March 8, 2006. China promised to stringently guard government funds and farmland as part of its ambitious rural development drive, but senior officials gave few clues of how they will cure festering abuses. REUTERS/Stringer

PBEAHUNQNCB A Chinese immigrant worker's son arrives at school in a rural part of Shanghai March 6, 2006. [Premier Wen Jiabao] told parliament on Sunday that China would channel its surging economic growth to improve living conditions of rural people and narrow the widening gap between the country's rich cities and restive countryside.

PBEAHUNQNCA Chinese immigrant workers' children get ready for a class in their classroom in a rural part of Shanghai March 6, 2006. [Premier Wen Jiabao] told parliament on Sunday that China would channel its surging economic growth to improve living conditions of rural people and narrow the widening gap between the country's rich cities and restive countryside.

PBEAHUNQNBZ A Chinese immigrant worker's daughter stands inside her school during a break between classes in a rural part of Shanghai March 6, 2006. [Premier Wen Jiabao] told parliament on Sunday that China would channel its surging economic growth to improve living conditions of rural people and narrow the widening gap between the country's rich cities and restive countryside.

PBEAHUNQNBY A Chinese immigrant worker's son finishes his lunch in his classroom in a rural part of Shanghai March 6, 2006. [Premier Wen Jiabao] told parliament on Sunday that China would channel its surging economic growth to improve living conditions of rural people and narrow the widening gap between the country's rich cities and restive countryside.

PBEAHUNQNBX Chinese immigrant workers' children rest in their classroom in a rural part of Shanghai March 6, 2006. [Premier Wen Jiabao] told parliament on Sunday that China would channel its surging economic growth to improve living conditions of rural people and narrow the widening gap between the country's rich cities and restive countryside.

PBEAHUNQNBW Chinese immigrant workers' children rest in their classroom in a rural part of Shanghai March 6, 2006. [Premier Wen Jiabao] told parliament on Sunday that China would channel its surging economic growth to improve living conditions of rural people and narrow the widening gap between the country's rich cities and restive countryside.

PBEAHUNQNBV Chinese immigrant workers' children study in their classroom in a rural part of Shanghai March 6, 2006. [Premier Wen Jiabao] told parliament on Sunday that China would channel its surging economic growth to improve living conditions of rural people and narrow the widening gap between the country's rich cities and restive countryside.

PBEAHUNQNBU Chinese immigrant workers' children study in their classroom in a rural part of Shanghai March 6, 2006. [Premier Wen Jiabao] told parliament on Sunday that China would channel its surging economic growth to improve living conditions of rural people and narrow the widening gap between the country's rich cities and restive countryside.

PBEAHUNQNBT A Chinese immigrant worker's daughter studies in her classroom in a rural part of Shanghai March 6, 2006. [Premier Wen Jiabao] told parliament on Sunday that China would channel its surging economic growth to improve living conditions of rural people and narrow the widening gap between the country's rich cities and restive countryside.

GM1DSCGNTGAA Chinese immigrant workers' children do outdoor exercises in their school in a rural part of Shanghai March 6, 2006. Premier Wen Jiabao told parliament on Sunday that China would channel its surging economic growth to improve living conditions of rural people and narrow the widening gap between the country's rich cities and restive countryside. REUTERS/Stringer

GM1DSCGNJRAA Chinese immigrant workers' children play in their school yard in a rural part of Shanghai March 6, 2006. Premier Wen Jiabao told parliament on Sunday that China would channel its surging economic growth to improve living conditions of rural people and narrow the widening gap between the country's rich cities and restive countryside. REUTERS/ Aly Song

GM1DSCGNDXAA Chinese immigrant workers' children get their lunch in their schoolyard in a rural part of Shanghai March 6, 2006. Premier Wen Jiabao told parliament on Sunday that China would channel its surging economic growth to improve living conditions of rural people and narrow the widening gap between the country's rich cities and restive countryside. REUTERS/Aly Song

GM1DSCGMXSAA Chinese immigrant workers' children eat lunch in their schoolyard in a rural part of Shanghai March 6, 2006. Premier Wen Jiabao told parliament on Sunday that China would channel its surging economic growth to improve living conditions of rural people and narrow the widening gap between the country's rich cities and restive countryside. REUTERS/Aly Song

GM1DSCGLHVAA Chinese immigrant workers' children get ready for a class in their classroom in a rural part of Shanghai March 6, 2006. Premier Wen Jiabao told parliament on Sunday that China would channel its surging economic growth to improve living conditions of rural people and narrow the widening gap between the country's rich cities and restive countryside. REUTERS/Nir Elias

GM1DSCGKOQAA Chinese immigrant workers' children study in their classroom in a rural part of Shanghai March 6, 2006. Premier Wen Jiabao told parliament on Sunday that China would channel its surging economic growth to improve living conditions of rural people and narrow the widening gap between the country's rich cities and restive countryside. REUTERS/Nir Elias

GM1DSCGKJFAA Chinese immigrant workers' children study in their classroom in a rural part of Shanghai March 6, 2006. Premier Wen Jiabao told parliament on Sunday that China would channel its surging economic growth to improve living conditions of rural people and narrow the widening gap between the country's rich cities and restive countryside. REUTERS/Nir Elias

GM1DSCGJNRAA Chinese immigrant workers' children rest in their classroom in a rural part of Shanghai March 6, 2006. Premier Wen Jiabao told parliament on Sunday that China would channel its surging economic growth to improve living conditions of rural people and narrow the widening gap between the country's rich cities and restive countryside. REUTERS/Nir Elias

GM1DSCGJCVAA Chinese immigrant workers' children rest in their classroom in a rural part of Shanghai March 6, 2006. Premier Wen Jiabao told parliament on Sunday that China would channel its surging economic growth to improve living conditions of rural people and narrow the widening gap between the country's rich cities and restive countryside. REUTERS/Nir Elias

GM1DSBWTRNAA A Chinese volunteer girl dispenses free stationery to rural children in Puyang Country, Central China's Henan Province March 4, 2006. Lots of donative clothing, books and stationery were distributed to rural children. The exercise was aimed at allowing children to acquire greater knowledge and was organised by youthful volunteers of many fields. CHINA OUT REUTERS/China Daily

PBEAHUNQXCM A child of a Chinese migrant worker plays near a puddle with the reflections of nearby skyscrapers in China's financial centre Shanghai March 3, 2006. [China will lay out a detailed blueprint next week to tackle one of the biggest threats to its economic boom: how to calm growing unrest in the countryside spawned by a yawning gap between rural and urban incomes.]??? USE ONLY

PBEAHUNQTBK Chinese children exercise at a primary school in China's rural Panghai town, Guizhou Province March 1, 2006. Spending on education is expected to take up a record 4 per cent of China's gross domestic product (GDP) during the coming five years, China Daily reported.

PBEAHUNQTBJ Chinese children exercise at the primary school in China's rural Panghai town, Guizhou Province March 1, 2006. Spending on education is expected to take up a record 4 per cent of China's gross domestic product (GDP) during the coming five years, China Daily reported.

PBEAHUNQTBH Chinese children attend a class at a primary school in China's rural Panghai town, Guizhou Province March 1, 2006. Spending on education is expected to take up a record 4 per cent of China's gross domestic product (GDP) during the coming five years, China Daily reported.

PBEAHUNQTBG Chinese children attend a class at the primary school in China's rural Panghai town, Guizhou Province March 1, 2006. Spending on education is expected to take up a record 4 per cent of China's gross domestic product (GDP) during the coming five years, China Daily reported.

PBEAHUNQTBF A Chinese boy attends a class at a primary school in China's rural Panghai town, Guizhou Province March 1, 2006. Spending on education is expected to take up a record 4 per cent of China's gross domestic product (GDP) during the coming five years, China Daily reported.

GM1DSBGVEKAA Chinese children exercise at a primary school in China's rural Panghai town, Guizhou Province March 1, 2006. Spending on education is expected to take up a record 4 per cent of China's gross domestic product (GDP) during the coming five years, China Daily reported. REUTERS/Reinhard Krause

GM1DSBGQBOAA Chinese children exercise at the primary school in China's rural Panghai town, Guizhou Province March 1, 2006. Spending on education is expected to take up a record 4 per cent of China's gross domestic product (GDP) during the coming five years, China Daily reported. REUTERS/Reinhard Krause

GM1DSBGPJTAA Chinese children attend a class at a primary school in China's rural Panghai town, Guizhou Province March 1, 2006. Spending on education is expected to take up a record 4 per cent of China's gross domestic product (GDP) during the coming five years, China Daily reported. REUTERS/Reinhard Krause

GM1DSBGOUBAA Chinese children attend a class at the primary school in China's rural Panghai town, Guizhou Province March 1, 2006. Spending on education is expected to take up a record 4 per cent of China's gross domestic product (GDP) during the coming five years, China Daily reported. REUTERS/Reinhard Krause

RP6DRNAYZVAA Pan Lulu, an 11-year-old student, studies at an elementary school in Bozhou, east China's Anhui province September 1, 2005. Pan Lulu received the textbook freely because her family is poor. About 100,000 students from poor family in the city received free textbooks worth 9.57 million Yuan ($1.18 million). Officials from the Ministry of Education announced that children in rural China will start to enjoy a free nine-year compulsory education before 2010, China Daily reported. CHINA OUT REUTERS/China Newsphoto PP05090005 SUN/PN

RP6DRNATXGAC Chinese children look through window of classroom where pupils of higher grade attend English class at village primary school in Xinzhong township, Gongyi city. Chinese children look through the window of a classroom where pupils of a higher grade attend an English class at a village primary school in Xinzhong township, Gongyi city, central China's Henan province, July 15, 2005. The nine-year compulsory education law is basically being adhered to all over the country, but rural areas still lag behind better-developed urban areas because of the long-standing disparity in economic development, said Jiang Peimin, an official in the Ministry of Education who was quoted by state media. CHINA OUT REUTERS/China Newsphoto PP05070227

PBEAHUNYSES - PHOTO TAKEN 28JUN05 - A hungry child beggar lies on a business street in China's capital Beijing June 28, 2005. Some 26 million rural Chinese live in absolute poverty, earning less than $80 a year, a cabinet minister said on Tuesday, despite China becoming the world's fastest-growing major economy. Picture taken June 28, 2005.

PBEAHUNZTBF A Chinese boy practises handwriting at a primary school for children of migrant workers in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu province, June 1, 2005. The Chinese government is ploughing billions of yuan into rural education over the next four years in a bid to level the educational playing field, state media reported. By 2007, students in poor areas will be exempted from textbook fees and will receive government subsidies to help them finish their nine years of compulsory studies (six years in primary schools and three years in junior middle schools), said [Jiang Peimin], an official with the Ministry of Education. ?? OUT

RP6DRNATVKAB A Chinese boy practises handwriting at a primary school for children of migrant workers in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu province, June 1, 2005. The Chinese government is ploughing billions of yuan into rural education over the next four years in a bid to level the educational playing field, state media reported. By 2007, students in poor areas will be exempted from textbook fees and will receive government subsidies to help them finish their nine years of compulsory studies (six years in primary schools and three years in junior middle schools), said Jiang Peimin, an official with the Ministry of Education. CHINA OUT REUTERS/China Newsphoto HAN/TZ

PBEAHUNZPEH -PHOTO TAKEN 29MAY05- A Chinese policeman escorts a street child on the platform of a railway station at Hengyang, central China's Hunan province on May 29, 2005. The 13-year-old boy left home about two weeks ago because his father forced him to drop school and work. There are at least 150,000 homeless children wandering the country's cities, most of them from underdeveloped rural areas, said [Zhang Shifeng, deputy director of the Ministry Civil Affairs' social welfare office]. ?? OUT

RP6DRNATVHAA A Chinese policeman escorts a street child on the platform of a railway station at Hengyang, central China's Hunan province. A Chinese policeman escorts a street child on the platform of a railway station at Hengyang, central China's Hunan province on May 29, 2005. The 13-year-old boy left home about two weeks ago because his father forced him to drop school and work. There are at least 150,000 homeless children wandering the country's cities, most of them from underdeveloped rural areas, said Zhang Shifeng, deputy director of the Ministry Civil Affairs' social welfare office. CHINA OUT REUTERS/China Newsphoto

PBEAHUOBJCK -PHOTO TAKEN 04APR05- Chinese elementary students listen during a lesson at a school in Yuanling County, central China's Hunan province, April 4, 2005. [China will provide students from poor families in acute poverty-stricken rural areas with free textbooks and exempt them from paying miscellaneous fees starting this year, Premier Wen Jiabao said last month at the annual session of the National People's Congress (NPC).] Picture taken April 4, 2005. ?? OUT

PBEAHUOBZAO Chinese children attend a lesson in Xingzhi School which teaches more than 1,200 children of rural immigrants in Beijing March 2, 2005. By the end of 2004, 93.6 percent of Chinese children were receiving nine years of compulsory education, China's official news agency Xinhua reported. Photo taken March 2, 2005.

PBEAHUOBNBO A Chinese child waits for the start of a lesson in Xingzhi school which teaches more than 1,200 children of rural immigrants in Beijing March 2, 2005. By the end of 2004, 93.6 percent of Chinese children were receiving nine years of compulsory education, China's official news agency Xinhua reported. Picture taken March 2, 2005.

RP6DRNATYWAA A child of Chinese migrant workers eats his lunch after a lesson in Xingzhi school which teaches more than 1,200 children of rural immigrants in Beijing March 2, 2005. By the end of 2004, 93.6 percent of Chinese children were receiving nine years of compulsory education, China's official news agency Xinhua reported. Pictures of the Month March 2005 REUTERS/Jason Lee RKR

RP6DRMVHNWAA Chinese children receive their lunch after a lesson in Xingzhi School which teaches more than 1,200 children of rural immigrants in Beijing March 2, 2005. By the end of 2004, 93.6 percent of Chinese children were receiving nine years of compulsory education, China's official news agency Xinhua reported. Photo taken March 2, 2005. REUTERS/Jason Lee RKR/YH/CCK

RP6DRMVHNVAA Chinese children receive their lunch after a lesson in Xingzhi school which teaches more than 1,200 children of rural immigrants in Beijing March 2, 2005. By the end of 2004, 93.6 percent of Chinese children were receiving nine years of compulsory education, China's official news agency Xinhua reported. Picture taken March 2, 2005. REUTERS/Jason Lee RKR/YH/JJ