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 Oct. 12, 2017 shows that children play with a robot at a kindergarten in Heping District, north China's Tianjin. The kindergarten introduced an interactive education robot which can teach and play with children. (Xinhua/Liu Dongyue)