Perhaps because of the upcoming Children's Day, General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine has taken a good hard look at children's goods on the Chinese market right now. Unfortunately, the results were pretty spectacularly bad. An eye-opening percentage of children's shoes, strollers and toys were found to be below standard and even dangerous. more ›

When the People's Republic of China was first established in 1949, the State Council (Cabinet) designated a half-day holiday for all primary schools on June 1. This was later made into a full day's break in 1956 with The Announcement by the State Council to make June 1 Children's Day a One-Day Holiday. more ›