'Produce three children, get cash reward:' China scared of aging population, wants to control women's body

 

China is currently facing a demographic crisis. Most of its population is getting old and to avoid this, the dragon is adopting new policies. In this sequence, China has announced several measures to encourage the couple to have three children. In a blog post in The Times of Israel, CPFA (Centre for Political and Foreign Affairs) President Fabian Boussart said that China has announced baby bonuses, more paid leave, tax cuts and child-bearing subsidies as incentives. has done. 

Chinese official tempting parents

Chinese authorities are pushing organizations and local authorities to entice parents to masquerade as the temptation to have a third child. Beijing Dabinong Technology Group is offering its employees a range of benefits including up to 90,000 yuan (Rs 1061178) in cash, up to 12 months of maternity leave and 9 days of paternal leave. Online travel company Trip.com has also announced several additional benefits.

Huge pressure on Communist Party-led China 

The move comes amid heavy pressure on Communist Party-led China to address and improve the country's deepening demographic crisis. There is also the challenge of rapidly aging population in the country. A child population, Bausert said, left the Chinese demographic in an awkward position where the national workforce was greatly reduced. The Chinese government's vigorous efforts to change the birth rate are inspired by President Xi Jinping's big economic plans for the country to double China's GDP by 2035.

Chinese provinces giving cash cash

The National People's Congress introduced the three-child policy in August last year. An amended population and family planning law was passed to amend the existing policy of allowing Chinese couples to have two children. Following this, several local provinces in China made necessary changes to their jurisdictional rules, with areas such as Nantong announcing housing subsidies for up to 400 yuan (USD 63) per square meter for couples with three children, meanwhile the northern province of Jilin. began offering 200,000 yuan ($31,500) in loans to couples wishing to have children. But the policy relief has not been as positive as officials had hoped for, and the birth rate continued to decline. Bossart said the new exemption of three-child policy was introduced with attractive financial benefits to motivate people to breed more and more.

What does the Chinese population want?

The fact is that today there are many men in China's population, and there are many old people and very few young people. Chinese urban youth born between 1990 and 1999 are the product of China's one-child policy. Women of this generation, let alone three children, are reluctant to have a single child. Like many other countries, educated Chinese women are postponing childbirth as they continue to focus on their careers.

Why Chinese Couples Don't Want to Have More Kids

In addition, the high cost of raising children is preventing Chinese couples from having more children. Millennials in the country have recovered from mounting debt and extortionate expenses and are putting off child-bearing plans indefinitely to avoid the monetary burden that comes with procreation, The Times of Israel reports. Couples in China rely on a double-income-no-kids or "DINK" lifestyle. In the crowded culture of the country where people work 12 hours a day, six days a week, they have definitely given up on having children.

Chinese government wants to control women's body

People on social media raised their voice that they need substantial financial support, not petty financial incentives to raise children in a burgeoning economy. The Chinese population is not interested in having children because they do not like children, but because they cannot afford to have children. Many citizens are asking how a three-child policy could mean more children when the two-child policy did not succeed! Bossart said these continued policies have revived allegations against the government's aggressive control of women's bodies and strict violations of sexual and reproductive rights. What else Chinese officials can do is focus on the couple's genuine concerns rather than giving them subpar benefits.