A female volunteer instructs children how to make ceramics at a children's home in Jinliang Community, Xinqiao Town, Taizhou City, east China's Zhejiang Province, June 12, 2022.

Since China signed the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1990 and ratified it in 1992, the country has continually enhanced its protection of minors' rights to subsistence, development, being protected and participation.

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The Chinese government regards the cultivation of well-rounded children and adolescents as a strategic task vital for the healthy development of future generations and directly linked to the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. Consequently, the government is dedicated to creating a comprehensive care service system addressing the security, education, health, ideology, emotions, psychology, and other needs of minors. It places particular emphasis on showing compassion and love for special groups of minors.

In October 2020, the 22nd Session of the Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress significantly revised the Law of the People's Republic of China (PRC) on the Protection of Minors, expanding it from 72 articles with over 6,000 words to 132 articles with over 16,000 words. This revision established the principle of the most beneficial interests for minors, incorporating protections across networks and government levels alongside existing family, school, social and judicial safeguards.