The History, Value and Realizable Path of Corporation Childcare in China
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https://doi.org/10.12974/2313-1047.2025.12.06Keywords:
China, Corporation childcare, Employee family, Action measures, Childcare, ValueAbstract
Under the background of low fertility rate in China in recent 8 years, this paper reviews the development course of corporation childcare in China, and discusses the role of corporation childcare service in improving fertility rate from the angle of historical development and contemporary practice. This paper discusses the value and influence of corporation childcare on society and government, employees and families, and corporation itself.Based on the dilemma of corporation childcare in China, combined with the practice of other developed countries and first-tier cities in China, this paper puts forward some suggestions from the aspects of policy, law, supervision and teachers, aiming at improving the willingness of corporations to undertake childcare services and eliminating the concerns of employees' families.
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