A term used to describe old people, women and children left behind in rural areas when their sons, husbands and fathers go to cities to earn the family's bread. This phenomenon is caused by a long-standing imbalance in economic development between urban and rural areas.

“農村留守人口”指的是農村青壯年男性去城市打工掙錢后，留在農村的老人、婦女和兒童。這種現象是城鄉發展長期不平衡導致的。

According to official figures, there are about 87 million left-behind people in the country's rural areas. Due to a long period of separation from their family members, these "left-behind" people in far-flung underdeveloped regions have suffered certain psychological problems to some extent. The government has already paid attention to this phenomenon and taken viable steps to address the long-standing, thorny social issue.

根據官方統計數據，我國農村留守人口約有8700萬。由于家庭成員長期分離，這些廣泛分布于不發達地區的留守人口都有一定程度的心理問題。政府已對此加以重視，并出臺了可行措施，著手解決這個長期而棘手的社會問題。

（實習生 許雅寧，英語點津 Helen 編輯）

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