In recent days, Chinese lawmaker pays more attention to youngster education and engage in it. The government called for closer supervision of children using the Internet to prevent addiction.

    About 10 percent of the estimated 40 million Chinese children using the Internet were addicted, said Li, secretary-general of the top legislature, in a report on the implementation of the Law on the Protection of Juveniles since it came into force in June 2007.

    The figures were collected from 11 provinces after a two-month survey, said Li, noting that Internet addiction was mainly caused by on-line games and a lack of supervision by the authorities.

    Li said the management and supervision of Internet games and Internet cafes must be strengthened, and he urged researchers to study methods to help minors avoid Internet addiction.

   In the other hand, a senior Chinese legislator has urged the government to provide better social services for rural children who have been left in the countryside while their parents seek work in the cities.

    An estimated 58 million children had been left in the countryside by their parents, said Li Jianguo, vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), in a report on the implementation of the Law on the Protection of Juveniles at the fourth session of the 11th NPC Standing Committee on Thursday.

    A sample census in 2005 showed 8.55 million of those children were aged 3 or 4, and only 41 percent of them received nursery care, Li said.

    These children faced many problems with education, mental health and security, which would negatively affect their physical and mental health due to a lack of early education and family support, he said.