中國留守兒童:一代的孤獨兒童如何被遠在城市裏工作的父母所遺棄

Heartbreaking images show the human cost of China's economic growth with an estimated 60 million children left behind by their parents.

令人心碎的圖片展示了大約六千萬中國孩子被迫成爲留守兒童，這是中國經濟發展的人力成本。

The legions of under 17s are often looked after by their grandparents in impoverished rural areas as their parents leave to work in the country's cities.

在貧窮的山村，因爲他們的父母去這個國家的城市裏工作，成千上萬17歲以下的兒童被它們的爺爺奶奶一輩的人照看着。

A survey by the National Health and Family Planning Commission published last year found that there are 61 million 'left behind children' across China.

國家衛生與計劃生育委員會去年一則調查報告稱，中國大約有6100萬留守兒童。

While many cities like Beijing rely on workers migrating from the countryside municipal authorities often do not provide basic provisions such as schooling or healthcare for their children.

當一些像北京之類的城市依靠鄉村遷徙的民工時，當地政府通常不會爲他們的孩子提供教育或醫療等保障。

This means it is impossible for families to stay together the South China Morning Post reported and experts fear this is doing long term psychological damage to children.

據南華早報報道，這意味着一家人團聚在一起是不可能的，而專家也擔心這將對孩子造成長期的心理傷害。

In some provinces including Anhui Henan and Sichuan 44 per cent of children live without their mother or father according to official figures.

官方數據顯示，在一些省份，包括安徽、河南、四川，有44%的孩子不能與他們的母親或者父親在一起。