Police in south China's Guangdong province will take blood samples from every minor found to be begging on the street, and from those who have been forced to commit crimes, the Nanfang Daily reports.

Data obtained from DNA tests on the samples will be incorporated into a national database for anti-human trafficking cases. The incorporation of the data will allow for data comparisons, and assist police in their efforts to crack down on human trafficking, and rescue the victims, the report said, citing the provincial public security department.

As the province with the largest number of migrant workers in China, child trafficking and child vagrancy have become an ever more prominent problem in Guangdong, as many migrant children are left unsupervised by their parents, the report said.

The provincial government will earmark a special budget to subsidize the basic allowances for orphans provided by local governments, said Liu Kun, vice governor of Guangdong.

Meanwhile, the government is to adopt more pre-emptive methods to assist vagrant children, providing them with family-like care, Liu said.

The provincial health department also requires that designated hospitals treat all vagrant children, regardless of issues concerning the payment of medical fees. Medical institutions are also required to report abandoned infants to the police.

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