A former policewoman and bodyguard will start guarding a kindergarten in Beijing's Chaoyang District on November 30.
Zhu liping will go on security patrol and organize regular mock antiterror and emergency exercises in the kindergarten.
The beijing Capital Bodyguard Security Consultant Co Ltd and the kindergarten signed a contract for her services on Tuesday.
Zhu has undergone three years of training.
She will wear plain clothes and carry no weapon.
"Since all our attendants are female, it will be easy for the children to accept a female bodyguard auntie," the head of the kindergarten said.
"Though the expense is relatively high, we'll not let parents carry the burden."
The annual salary of this special bodyguard is expected to reach 96,000 yuan (US$11,600).
Cui fengxian, president of the bodyguard firm, said he planned to let all the 30 female bodyguards in his firm safeguard kindergartens in Beijing.
Thirteen kindergartens have expressed interest.
A series of grizzly attacks on kindergartens in China have sparked public concern.
A five-year-old boy and his teacher were killed at a Beijing kindergarten last month. The boy's body was found in a washing machine.
In september, a man with a knife and homemade bombs attacked 28 children in a kindergarten in Suzhou, in east China's Jiangsu Province. No one was killed.
In august, a janitor stabbed 15 children and three teachers at a Beijing kindergarten, killing one.
Accidents have also rung alarms. In August, a kindergarten in central China's Henan Province collapsed, killing two children and leaving 28 others in hospital.
Beijing has 1,430 kindergartens with about 200,000 children.