North Chungcheong Governor Kim Young-hwan is explaining the background to achieving the highest birth rate in the country and this year’s low birth rate response project in the provincial office briefing room on the 4th./Newsis
Among the 17 cities and provinces across the country, only Chungcheongbuk-do showed an increase in the number of birth registrations last year compared to the previous year.
According to North Chungcheong Province on the 4th, the number of birth registrations in North Chungcheong Province last year was 7,693, an increase of 1.5% (117 cases) from 7,576 cases the previous year. The number of birth registrations in the remaining 16 cities and provinces all decreased compared to the previous year. Gwangju Metropolitan City showed the largest decrease, recording -17% (1,275 cases) compared to the previous year. Sejong City -15% (493 cases), Jeju Island -9.9% (360 cases), and Gyeongbuk -9.2% (1,058 cases) followed.
Many analyzes say that North Chungcheong Province is the only region to have raised its birth rate and that “there is a policy of giving 10 million won in cash when a child is born.” North Chungcheong Province has been using a birth and childcare allowance policy that provides 10 million won in cash for five years to babies born in the region after January 1 of last year. As an election pledge of North Chungcheong Province Governor Kim Young-hwan, the policy purpose is to reduce the economic burden on families during childbirth and childcare and to strengthen social responsibility to solve the low birth rate problem. North Chungcheong Province plans to pay allowances to about 7,400 newborns with a budget of about 89.4 billion won over four years.
Park Yong-sik, head of the North Chungcheong Province population policy team, said, “Among various low birth rate measures, cash support called maternity and childcare allowance has been effective since January of last year,” adding, “Newlyweds who are hesitant to have children due to financial burden have decided to have children.” . Ms. Lee (34), who has been married for 7 months in Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province, is preparing to become pregnant. He said, “She originally planned to get pregnant after she was financially established, but when she heard that she would receive 10 million won in maternity and childcare allowance, she decided to have the child earlier.”
North Chungcheong Province Governor Kim Young-hwan said, “We will pursue a more innovative and bold Chungcheongbuk-style low birth rate project to continuously increase the number of births.” This year, North Chungcheong Province supports infertility treatment costs without income restrictions to overcome low birth rates, and also provides assistance with egg freezing treatment costs and postpartum care costs. Transportation expenses are also provided to pregnant women in county areas. North Chungcheong Province is promoting ‘half-price apartments’ as housing issues are the main cause of low birth rates. The province plans to build apartments on idle land and provide them to young couples at affordable prices. We are promoting an ‘interest-free loan support project’ for families experiencing difficulties in giving birth and raising children, and increasing support for households with multiple children. We also plan to expand benefits for pregnant women, such as dedicated parking and free use of public facilities.
2024-01-04 12:32:06
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