How much does it cost to raise a child in Modern day China?

Hi clarsen. I have never lived in China before, but what I've heard anecdotally -- from a PRC national who was my boss in 1999 - 2002 (he was a diplomat, highly educated, one child), was that the going rate for two reasonably ambitious professional parents was: one parent's entire salary would be devoted to the child, meaning things like fees for pre-school, private English classes, piano and violin classes, study materials etc. No part of that salary could be spared for things like rent or food bills or medical whatever. When I visited Southern China during that same time-window, I met young parents who spent an even greater percentage of the household income on the one child. Because they were less highly educated themselves, and were prepared to spend more on giving their child a better start in life. For me, such an investment is simply staggering...