BEIJING, Sept. 27 (Xinhuanet) -- Under a nationwide plan, older volunteers are being sought to take part in the education of children to help remedy bad habits among youths.

    The plan calls for so-called "volunteer supervisors" to be employed to see if minors under 18 are entering banned places such as Internet cafes.

    Despite rules that prohibit access to Internet cafes for minors, junior and senior high school students are the majority of guests at Internet cafes.

    With the newly launched plans, senior people will take part in the war between parents and Internet cafes for children.

    The "supervisors" will have special certificates and work in groups. Authorities are granting them the right to check the places at any time. If any of such places are found to open their doors to minors, they will receive punishment.

    According to Zhang Xuecheng, an official with the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League of China - the organizer of the "love helps growing-up" programme - five cities will launch the programme on a trial basis on Saturday.

    They include Tianjin, Harbin in Heilongjiang Province, Hangzhou in Zhejiang Province, Chengdu in Sichuan Province and Yinchuan in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.

    On October 22 the programme will expand into 100 cities. Over a period of three to five years, it will be promoted in all the cities.

(China Daily)