Housemaids-to-be learn how to tend a baby at a training center in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Dec. 9, 2003. Under an agreement reached between Sichuan and household service companies in Beijing and south China's Guangdong Province, Sichuan will send 100,000 housemaids to Beijing and cities in Guangdong Province in the near future. All the housemaids are required to receive professional training at the center.

(Source: Xinhuanet 2003-12-11)