(Article in Chinese)
Chinese policymakers now face a national problem as adult children begin to abandon their older parents. Some describe the young adults raised under the one child policy as self centered and unwilling to support their parents. An increasing number of young people have left their hometowns to take jobs in the cities or overseas. The Statistical Office reported that in 2005, older couples made up 42% of Chinese households. The Chinese Working Committee for Ageing plan to introduce a national family protection system by 2010 that will include teaching Confucianism in schools to instill filial piety. Even now, some government departments have used "filialness" as a criterion for office promotion.
Source: GAA
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