On May 21, 2007, children were taking a walk in a kindergarten in Zibo City, Shandong Province. (China Photos/Getty Images)
[The Epoch Times, December 17, 2023](Epoch Times reporter Li Jing reported) In recent years, China’s birth rate has plummeted, and negative population growth may affect China’s economic growth. To this end, the government used various resources to “promote” the situation, but with little success.
On December 15, Zheng Bingwen, director of the World Social Security Research Center of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said in an interview with China News Weekly that some young people are not as willing to have children as before due to life pressure, including education, elderly care, medical care, childbirth, childcare, etc. Due to pressure from many aspects, some young couples are overwhelmed and feel sorry for themselves.
However, Zheng Bingwen believes that young people, especially young couples, still need to look forward. “Difficulties are temporary after all, and a person’s life is still long. We must seize the effective reproductive period and use the strength of relatives and friends to overcome temporary difficulties.” Please help me, otherwise it will be too late to regret after this age.”
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This statement triggered widespread public discussion and questioning on social media and became a hot search list.
Many netizens said: “It’s so easy to say, how much does it cost to raise a child to adulthood? If you don’t have money, you are responsible for the child. Don’t come to this world to suffer. The professor’s so-called borrowing the power of relatives and friends to give birth, this is six wallets It’s not enough, and I’m thinking about Liao Cai’s relatives and friends again.”
“The staple food I have eaten the most in my life is painted pancakes. Isn’t there a hot list today: young people nowadays don’t believe in painted pancakes!”
“I want to know what the “power” mentioned in “borrowing the power of relatives and friends can help you” refers to? And can you share an example of “help” in real life? Don’t experts who live a good life know that in today’s society, When you are poor, who will recognize you as a relative?”
“The most heard and trending topics now are layoffs and salary cuts. People at the bottom are generally wailing. How can your relatives help you?”
Some netizens said: “If the gap between the rich and the poor and the solidification of classes are not solved, the marriage and childbirth rate will only be lower. Not getting married or having children and not buying a house is the last silent class struggle of young people at the bottom. It is also the most forbearing resistance. There is no weakness. Chinese chives.”
Beijing’s birth rate drops for “sixth consecutive year” amid serious aging population
Recently, five scholars including Huang Wenzheng from the China Yuwa Population Research Association wrote an article analyzing the current situation of China’s low birth rate. They admitted that China’s current birth rate ranks at the bottom of the world, the population is experiencing negative growth, and it will face stalled economic growth and declining social vitality. Dilemma.
In order to promote the growth of China’s fertility rate, the Chinese Communist Party’s official media “Science and Technology Daily” quoted research data on December 12 as saying that having only two children is conducive to having the longest life. Having fewer or more children shortens lifespan.
The topic sparked ridicule from netizens. Some netizens said: “Has birth induction reached this point?” “If birth induction doesn’t work, are you starting to threaten your life?”
According to Chinese media reports on December 16, the “Beijing Population Blue Book·Beijing Population Development Research Report (2023)” was released. According to the blue book, since 2017, the size of Beijing’s permanent population has declined for “six consecutive years.”
Data show that the birth rate of Beijing’s permanent population will continue to decline in 2022, and the natural growth rate of the permanent population will be negative at the same time as the country. In 2022, the proportion of the permanent elderly population aged 60 and above in Beijing’s total population will be 21.3%.
In addition, the annual birth population in Hunan Province fell from 908,000 to 412,000 in five years. On December 6, the Hunan Provincial Department of Education proposed to adjust and optimize the layout of primary and secondary kindergartens, including orderly organization of kindergartens and transfers.
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2023-12-17 00:46:03
