On April 2, which was the 9th World Autism Day, Xinhua published an article which stated that there are 1.6 million autistic children in China. According to the article China still doesn’t have an effective autism treatment system and each of the existing treatment centers uses different approaches to treat its patients. The article said that the burden of treating autistic children is still carried by the parents and China has an urgent need to regulate the treatment of autism to better serve these autistic children.
Source: Xinhua, April 2, 2016
http://news.xinhuanet.com/2016-04/02/c_1118518857.htm