Written by: Shaima Abdel Moneim
Wednesday, February 22, 2023 10:42 AM
A new press report confirmed that some territories Chinese It will give newlyweds 30 days of paid leave in hopes of encouraging marriage and boosting the plummeting birth rate. pledgetimes China’s population declined last year for the first time in six decades, according to official data, in a turn expected to signal the start of a long period of decline..
Birth rate in China
Last year, China recorded the lowest birth rate
According to the report, China recorded last year the lowest birth rate ever, at 6.77 births per thousand people, and this decline is largely due to the “one child” policy that was imposed from 1980 to 2015 and the significant increase in education costs that discouraged many Chinese from having more children. of one child or pushed them not to have any children at all.
The northwest province of Gansu and the coal-producing Shanxi province are now granted 30 days, while Shanghai is granted ten days, with only three days still granted in Sichuan, while Yang Haiyang, dean of the Social Development Research Institute at Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, was quoted as saying, “Extended vacation Marriage is one of the effective ways to increase the fertility rate“.
“The extension of marriage leave is mainly done in some provinces and cities with relatively slow economic development,” Yang added, explaining that there is an urgent need to strengthen the workforce and stimulate consumption..
Yang noted that a host of other supportive policies are needed, including housing subsidies and paid paternity leave.
