The role of extended families in child care and protection in China
Xiaoyuan Shang, Morris Saldov and Lang Liu
Social Policy Research Centre and Monmouth University, and China Great Encyclopaedia Press
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The paper focuses on a traditional system of protecting orphaned children in rural areas in Southern China. It examines the role of extended families in supporting orphans, and the division of labour between the family and the state in terms of financial and caring responsibilities in child protection. The research finds that orphans are effectively supported and protected by the traditional system of family care and protection. However, the traditional system faces challenges and financial difficulties in terms of bearing the costs of education and health care for orphaned children. To protect children more adequately, intervention by the modern welfare state is urgently needed in China.
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