A report recently released by Northwest China's Shaanxi Province has, for the first time by a provincial government, called for an end to the family planning policy, a sign that the policy is closer to being scrapped.
The policy should be abolished at the right time, and measures that encourage more births, including giving financial aids, should be set up to encourage more mothers to give birth.
Provincial documents raising the question show that the issue is not so sensitive. It was only the central government that could discuss the policy in the past.
Zhou Tianyong is the vice dean of the Central Party School of the Communist Party of China's Institute of International Strategic Studies. He published an article in a magazine in June under the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, calling for an end to the family planning policy.
Zhou said China’s birth rate is going down fast, which is leading to an older population. “China’s younger population will become further small by 30 million in the next five years… The pension system will face greater pressure as the country's economic growth further slows down,” he said. That is why the family planning policy should be scrapped to reverse the trend, Zhou said.
The government and the public support the removal of birth restrictions, Huang said, adding this shows China is one step closer to getting rid of the family planning policy.
Many places in China are already providing methods to encourage more births. Thirty regions have extended paid maternity leaves(产假) to up to a year since 2017. Some cities also give financial aids to families of four. “These are signs that the government has realized the problem and is moving in the right direction,” Huang said.
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