Mobile app helps China recover hundreds of missing children

Tackling the problem: In China, abortions, killings or abandonment of girls are common as boys are considered the main support for elderly parents.

BEIJING: A mobile app helped Chinese authorities recover hundreds of missing children last year, Xinhua news agency reported on Saturday, in a country where child trafficking is rampant.

The Ministry of Public Security said 611 missing children were found last year, Xinhua said.