Digital Empowerment in the Construction of a Dialogue Support Mechanism for Left-Behind Children

Abstract

In the process of advancing rural revitalization and common prosperity strategies, the development of a care and service system for rural left-behind children is a crucial livelihood project (All-China Women's Federation, Ministry of Civil Affairs, Ministry of Education. Opinions on Strengthening the Care and Protection of Rural Left-Behind Children, 2021). Addressing current challenges in supporting left-behind children—including fragmented information, poor supply-demand matching, insufficient companionship services, and low digitalization—this study takes Wencheng in Wenzhou and Xianju in Taizhou, Zhejiang Province as research pilot sites. Using field research, system design, case analysis, and other methods, it constructs the Travel with Digital Children digital map platform and dialogue support mechanism for left-behind children. Findings indicate that the digital platform effectively improves the accuracy of support and social participation, enhances the psychological well-being and growth environment of left-behind children (Chen & Zhang, 2019), and provides a replicable and scalable practical path for the digital transformation of care services for left-behind children in 26 mountainous counties and similar regions (Li & Wang, 2023).