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34-479: Wenling ( Wenling dialect : Ueng-ling Zy [ʔuəŋ ʔliŋ zɿ] ; simplified Chinese : 温岭市 ; traditional Chinese : 溫嶺市 ; pinyin : Wēnlǐng Shì ) is a coastal county-level city in the municipal region of Taizhou , in southeastern Zhejiang province , China. It borders Luqiao and Huangyan to the north, Yuhuan to the south, Yueqing to the west, looks out to the East China Sea to

68-648: A GDP of 55.92 billion yuan, while agriculture and related sectors collectively share 6.8%. Wenling serves as a significant manufacturing center, with its largest industrial sector focusing on the production of pumps, valves, and compressors. Notably, five out of seven publicly traded pump manufacturers in China are based in Wenling. The town is also prominent for its shoemaking industry, manufacturing of bearings, gears, shafts, transmission components, automotive parts and accessories, as well as electric machines. Construction

102-498: A number of migrant schools found to not meet official standards for education were shut down, while 63 "qualified" migrant schools were licensed and given legal status. However, the regulator’s attitude toward migrant schools swiftly changed, and no new licenses were issued. Other institutions awaiting permits were left in limbo, according to migrant school admin. According to the 2022 Statistical Bulletin for National Education Development, migrant children accounted for 13.6 million of

136-502: A plethora of documentation and certifications to access schooling for their children, which serve as barriers for many. These include temporary residence permits, work permits, proof of residence, certificates from their place of origin, and household registration booklets. Those who do manage to secure places in public schools often encounter prejudice and discrimination, being excluded from extracurricular activities and treated as outsiders. The last public data on access to education from

170-525: A private bike sharing service provider, has services in the urban area. Wenling Media Convergence Center is the only media group in Wenling. It covers newspaper, television, radio, website and mobile app. Wenling has five friendly exchange cities. Taizhou Wu The Taizhou Wu (台州片) is a Southern Wu Chinese language spoken in and around Taizhou in Zhejiang province. It is to some extent mutually intelligible with Taihu Wu . Taizhou proper

204-422: A resident population of 1,416,199, reflecting a 3.6% growth since the 2010 census. With a population density of 1,529 individuals per square kilometer, Wenling ranks as the eighth-most densely populated county-level city in China. As of 2021, the population with registered households in Wenling stood at 1,216,235. Migrants account for 29.6% of the total resident population. Guizhou is the top province of origin of

238-471: A segment of the population becoming fluent in speaking up to three languages, when Mandarin is included. In the 2022 CCID Top 100 Counties ranking, Wenling secured the 16th position. With a GDP of 125.69 billion yuan in 2021, the city's GDP per capita stands at 103,158 yuan (approximately 15,990 US dollars). The services sector represents 48.7% of Wenling's total GDP, amounting to 125.69 billion yuan in 2021. The industrial sector, contributing 44.5%, accounts for

272-532: A sports school, an art school, and a special school. In 2022, the first-grade enrollment reached 15,620 students, while the seventh-grade enrollment stood at 14,408. Admission to public schools is contingent upon household registration and family property ownership for new students. There are ten migrant schools for the children of migrant workers who are not eligible to enroll in public schools. For senior secondary education, there are fourteen regular high schools and three vocational schools. The enrollment number for

306-409: Is also a pillar of the city’s economy, it comprises 20% of the industrial sector. The city is segmented into various public school districts for primary and junior secondary education, supplemented by a selection of private institutions. It comprises 85 primary schools (with 34 campuses and 7 private schools), 33 junior secondary schools (including 3 campuses and 3 private schools), a nine-year school,

340-579: Is no airport in Wenling. Taizhou Luqiao Airport is the closest, located 26 kilometers (16 miles) to the north. Wenling is planning to build a general airport in Dongpu Farm. Public bicycle service was launched in December 2011 with 3000 bikes and 300 bike racks in the urban area and selected towns. There are 10000 residents commuted by public bicycles each day in 2016. More separated bike lanes are installed in both urban and rural areas. Hellobike ,

374-411: Is speculated to be much higher due to the lack of documentation held by many migrant children moving from rural to urban hukous. To secure a place for their child at a public school, migrant parents often face numerous obstacles imposed by local education departments, especially in major cities that guard their educational resources closely. For instance migrant families are typically required to provide

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408-905: Is the chief and representative dialect. This Sino-Tibetan languages -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Migrant School In exchange for low enrolment fees, migrant school students commonly endure deplorable sanitary, security, and classroom conditions. Substandard quality of education is also a major issue within migrant schools, with children that attend placing much lower in standardized testing in relation to their peers enrolled in public institutions. Additionally, since most of these substandard schools lack legal status, they are unable to issue certificates for courses completed, creating significant issues for students wishing to re-enter state schools within their hukou, or have their education validated for employment purposes. Operating outside state control, these schools are frequently banned and demolished, often without

442-467: The Ming , Wenling was divided between Taizhou 's Huangyan District and Wenzhou 's Yueqing District. In 1469, Taiping County was formed in the area from Fangyan, Taiping, and Fanchang, three villages formerly incorporated into Huangyan . Yueqing County 's Shanmen and Yuhuan villages were ceded in 1476. In 1513, the county seat built 2.5 kilometers (1.6 mi) of city wall, roughly squared, giving it

476-437: The 2020 NBS survey on migrant workers revealed that only 81.5 percent of migrant children in the compulsory school-age range had access to public schools in cities, a decline of 1.9 percent compared with the previous year. Nearly half (47.5 percent) of the migrant workers surveyed reported issues related to their children’s schooling, including difficulties in finding a school, paying fees, and leaving children unattended. Although

510-551: The attendance rate in kindergarten for migrant worker children was rather high at 86.1 percent, most kindergartens are private, paid institutions with limited services. Migrant schools in major cities like Beijing frequently face the threat of closure by government officials. Local authorities have launched numerous campaigns over the last decade to crack down on unlicensed migrant schools, often citing safety concerns and issues with proper licensing. However, many schools that were demolished had passed multiple government inspections, and

544-450: The authorities ensuring the children are placed in other schools. While some Migrant Schools have since been taken over and "improved" by local governments, they generally still offer lower quality education compared to standard public schools. As put forth in 1986, The Compulsory Education Law in China mandates that all children receive nine years of schooling. It stipulates that “the state, community, schools, and families shall safeguard

578-551: The closures by citing their inability to meet official standards due to the complete absence of funding and support by the government. Local officials stated that the tens of thousands of children losing access to their migrant schools were welcome to be accepted into government run Beijing school systems, but failed to provide any information or insight to migrant families following the abrupt closures. Despite Dongba Experimental School in Chaoyang District addressing some of

612-615: The east. Wenling locates on 28°22'N, 121°21'E, approximately 300 km (190 mi) south of Shanghai . Jiangxia Tidal Power Station is located there as well as a number of e-waste recycling centers which have contributed to soil contamination in the region. Because of its geographical location, Wenling has long suffered from typhoons. On August 12, 2004, Typhoon Rananim , the sixth strongest typhoon in PRC history, landed in Shitang Town, Wenling. On 10 August 2019, Typhoon Lekima ,

646-592: The economy, directs the Standing Committee of the local People's Congress in policy-making and supervision of local government, and directs the Standing Committee of the local People's Consultative Conference in consultation. Government officials include the mayor and several deputy mayors. Numerous bureaus deal with law, public security and other matters. The county-level city of Wenling currently administers 5 subdistricts and 11 towns . Taizhou Rail Transit Line S1 serves Wenling Railway Station and

680-401: The first grade of high school in 2020 is 6170, and the number for the first grade of vocational school is 5095. Students are admitted on the basis of their zhongkao results. There are also 189 kindergartens, 134 of which are private. Some students may participate in extracurricular activities. Adults can take adult education at training institutes. There are 149 training institutes, covering

714-662: The importance of prioritizing the admission migrant children to public schools. However, this document did not address the issue of temporary enrolment fees; a longstanding barrier for low-income rural families. In August of 2002, the Ministry of Education held a session focused on private schools, urging local governments to better manage and support these schools. The magnitude in which these efforts were perceived were largely symbolic and lacked enforceable directives, resulting in minimal impact. Migrant Schools proliferated in Beijing in

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748-426: The issues raised by education officials, it, along with the other schools, were not permitted to reopen. Many migrants affected by these closures believe this to be a method of reducing the burgeoning of migrants within Beijing, leading many migrant children to be separated from their parents, and forced to return to their rural homesteads. In 2017, Beijing ordered the relocation of Beijing Huangzhuang School, one of

782-453: The late 1990s and early 2000s alongside the mass influx of economic migrants in search for affordable schools for their children within the areas in which they worked. During this period, private-run Migrant Schools operated in a "gray area" of the law, and relied on local governments’ tolerance to expand. At the end of 2002, 350 migrant schools were open in Beijing. Authorities in Beijing began looking more closely at migrant schools in 2003 in

816-580: The migrants. Like the majority of areas in Zhejiang, most people from Wenling speak a dialect of Wu Chinese , known as Wenling Hua . It is not mutually intelligible with Mandarin Chinese , and partially intelligible with (also Wu) Shanghainese . There is also a small portion of Min Nan speakers in the southeastern regions, especially in Shitang Town. The linguistic diversity of some regions has resulted in

850-482: The name of "Square Castle". In 1914, the county was renamed Wenling to distinguish it from counties with same name in Shanxi , Sichuan , and Anhui . Wenling ("warm mountain") was once another name of Wenqiao Town . Wenling was conquered by Communist forces on May 28, 1949, and the county government was created. In March 1994, Wenling was made a county-level "city". According to the 2020 Chinese census , Wenling had

884-451: The northwest of Wenling. G1523 Ningbo–Dongguan Expressway runs through the east of Wenling. Both connect Ningbo and Wenzhou. Other arterial roads include China National Highway 104 , China National Highway 228 , Zhejiang Provincial Highway 225, Zhejiang Provincial Highway 226, Zhejiang Provincial Highway 324, Daxi-Shinian-Songmen First Grade Highway, Luqiao-Zeguo-Taiping First Grade Highway and Luqiao-Zeguo-Taiping Elevated Highway. There

918-441: The right of compulsory education of school-age children and adolescents.” However, in practice, the state has not ensured unrestricted access to public education for all migrant children, therefore causing an eruption of unlicensed Migrant Schools. The central government first recognized the need for migrant children to receive an education as an imperative in 1998. Prior to this recognition, migrant children were entirely excluded from

952-597: The students in compulsory education across China. Of these, 9.7 million were enrolled in primary schools, and 3.9 million in middle schools. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) Migrant Workers Report for 2022 indicated that 88.3 percent of primary school-age migrant children and 87.8 percent of middle school-age migrant children were enrolled in public schools. This data implies that approximately 1.13 million primary school-age migrant children and about 481,000 middle school-age migrant children were not attending public schools. Implied data pertaining to unenrolled migrant children

986-738: The third strongest in PRC history, came ashore at Chengnan Town, Wenling. During the Xia , Shang , and Zhou dynasties , Wenling was not part of the Chinese state but rather part of the separate culture of Dong'ou . Following the third-century BC conquests of the Qin Empire , it was incorporated into the Minzhong Prefecture before being moved to Kuaiji under the Han . From the Tang to

1020-628: The training of sports, arts, English and skills training. There is an open university offering distance learning. Residents may use the services of the Wenling City Library and its dozens of branches. The municipal government is regulated by the local committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), headed by the Wenling CCP committee secretary . The local CCP committee issues administrative orders, manages

1054-565: The true motive for closures often involved clearing land for new commercial and housing developments. In August 2011, just weeks before the beginning of the school year in Beijing, local officials abruptly ordered the closure of 24 schools for migrant children in the Haidian, Chaoyang, and Daxing districts. The closures were justified by authorities citing the schools' failure to meet official standards for construction, sports facilities, and safety regulations. Migrant school administrators disputed

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1088-540: The urban public education system. Legislation passed in 1998 granted them the right to temporarily enrol in urban public schools under the condition that their families registered with multiple administrative agencies and paid "Temporary Enrolment Fees," which could amount to several thousand yuan per year. In May 2001, the State Council issued a Decision on the Reform and Development of Basic Education, highlighting

1122-463: The wake of a new law. In September of 2003, the State Council released a more detailed document stating that destination city governments (like Beijing) would be responsible for the nine-year compulsory education of migrant workers' children. It was stipulated that migrant children's education should be integrated into the cities' overall social development plans, and that public schools should receive more funds to accommodate them. Between 2003 and 2006,

1156-463: The western portion of the city, terminating at Chengnan. There are 26 bus routes serving the urban area operated by 3 bus agencies and 62 bus routes serving the rural area. Wenling Railway Station is located in Daxi and served by Ningbo-Taizhou-Wenzhou Railway and Hangzhou–Taizhou high-speed railway . In 2017, its annual ridership is about 8.5 million. G15 Shenyang–Haikou Expressway runs through

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