In the coastal city of Qingdao, Shandong Province, Liu Pei, mother to a 5-year-old and an infant, was happy to see a draft government document on piloting home-based nurseries, published on March 15 to solicit public feedback.
Released by the Department of Population Surveillance and Family Development under the National Health Commission (NHC), the draft defines the home-based nursery as “a service where residential housing is used to provide full- or half-day care, temporary care or other daycare services for children under the age of 3.” It further stipulates procedures for business license applications, as well as specific requirements for caregivers and the spaces where they will look after the children.
This type of home-based childcare service responds to the ever-more-pressing problem of China’s busy parents trying
