With the nearing of the International Children’s Day, a press conference was held yesterday morning to announce the launching of a large-scale program to promote psychological health among teenagers. About 300 people, including Director Chen Xiaojuan of the Organization Department of Zhongshan Committee, school representatives as well as entrepreneur representatives, attended the event.

Zhongshan Committee for The Wellbeing of The Youth and the Civilization Office of Zhongshan Committee jointly kicked off the program to improve the psychological education and counseling in schools. Deng Lei, an expert on mental health education, introduced that psychological and mental problems among juveniles have become prominent as the country is changing fast into a modern society, so measures to prevent teens from suffering mental illness are of extreme importance.