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Childcare subsidies reach 33M Chinese families: Top health official

Xinhua
| March 7, 2026
2026-03-07

Children of a nursery class exercise at a kindergarten in Zouping City, east China's Shandong Province, Nov. 6, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua]

More than 33 million Chinese families with infants under the age of three have received childcare subsidies, Lei Haichao, head of the National Health Commission, said on Saturday at a press conference held on the sidelines of the annual session of the top legislature.

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