Chengguan try to spruce image with course in Wuhan

Primary schools in a district of Wuhan have introduced a course on the work of China's much-maligned urban patrol officers, or chengguan, eliciting mixed reactions from parents and academics.

Twenty-eight schools introduced the course last month in Wuhan and will hold them four to five times a semester, authorities said.

Children will use a textbook compiled by Jianghan district education commission and the urban patrol bureau.