China aims to make social work a major part of old age care and public health programs, but the field struggles to gain autonomy from the government and attract new talent
Five years after she became a professional social worker, Zheng Yilin decided to call it a day. She used to be passionate about her work with rehabilitating narcotics users in Guangzhou and Beijing, but thought her decision to quit was “for the best.”
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