World Children’s Day was first established in 1954 as Universal Children's Day and is celebrated on 20 November each year to promote international togetherness, awareness among children worldwide, and improving children's welfare. World Children's Day offers each of us an inspirational entry-point to advocate, promote and celebrate children's rights, translating into dialogues and actions that will build a better world for children.
The perceived innocence and vulnerability of children have been a recurrent theme in photography regardless the period of time and the country. Below is a selection of authors who have examined the life experiences of the children in China over the years.