China 's ` ` ' hatches '' provide a safe place for people to anonymously abandon infants . Critics say the program significantly improves mortality rates of abandoned infants . `` Nanjing is an individual case . Some critics see hatches as band - aids to overall problems with China 's welfare laws .
China 's ` ` ' hatches '' provide a safe place for people to anonymously abandon infants . Critics say the program significantly improves mortality rates of abandoned infants . Some critics see hatches as band - aids to overall problems with China 's welfare laws .