Shanghai claims last year to have become the first city in China to provide free education for all migrant children, mostly in state-run schools, with some in subsidised private ones.

ECONOMIST: A new way to make migrants feel unwelcome

Migrant workers would like to keep their limited rights to education, health and pensions as they move around the country.

ECONOMIST: China

Schools, and the education they provide, are the preferred vehicle to assist migrant children in the processes of social and cultural integration.

UNESCO: Social and Human Sciences