Across China: Volunteer moms caring for left-behind children rises

LANZHOU, May 12 (Xinhua) -- When Li Dan first met Chenchen (pseudonym), a left-behind child in the fourth grade, she felt as if the memories of her childhood came flooding back.

"Her eyes were full of shyness, different from her peers," the 29-year-old civil servant recalled. "She looked like me 20 years ago."

Chenchen, 9, grew up with her grandparents in Jinta County of Jiuquan City, northwest China's Ga