The amended Law of Protection of Rights and Interests of the Elderly has taken effect from this month. The amended law stipulates that people must visit their elderly parents regularly if they do not live with them, sparking a public debate. Following is China Daily's mobile phone news readers' opinions on the law:

People are obliged to visit their elderly parents often, that is, if they don't live with them. But now that this obligation has become law, new problems will emerge. For instance, how often do people have to visit their parents to make it "regular". Also, I don't believe parents will drag their children to court for not visiting them "regularly". Therefore, I doubt whether it will feasible to enforce the law.

KUN, Taiyuan, Shanxi province