Pressure on child care in China has no intention of having a second child.
internship compilation: Wang Ning review: Tan Leia
[global network comprehensive report] 16 daily of the United States "Washington Post" on October China abandoned the one-child policy, but many families thought that a child was enough and did not intend to have a second child.
it is reported that the aging of China's population is fast and has brought burdens on the economy. China relaxed the one-child policy in 2013 and formally abandoned the policy in early 2016. Maternity leave in all provinces of the country has been increased for several months from the past 98 days. New slogans encouraging the birth of a second child have been hung on buildings and walls in some villages. However, many Chinese do not want to have a second child, and only one child has been deeply rooted in Chinese culture and society.
the government said that in the first half of 2016, the birth rate in the country increased by 6.9% compared with the same period last year, and the number of newborns increased by 800 thousand. In this regard, Wang Feng of the University of California, Erwin, said the government planned to increase the number of newborns in 2016 by 1 million 500 thousand, while the current growth was limited, lower than the government's goal, and the one-child policy inhibited the needs of the people. The one-child policy liberalization in 2013 allowed two single families to have two children. Only 18% of the 11 million eligible families made the application and the public reacted "cold".
it is reported that many Chinese parents do not want their children to face the "backward" social pressure. They usually take lessons after school and weekend. It takes time and money, and parents and children themselves are tired. In addition, the parents of the "double independence" family believe that now everyone tends to have only one child and is used to it, and there are no matching social resources for the second child.
Wang Feng said that a large number of people move to cities with high cost of living, and people who marry age are postponed or even not married, all these factors reduce the fertility rate. "In the short term, China is expected to increase its population, but in the long run, there will probably not be more than 1.5 children per couple in China."
reported that low fertility will bring problems to China. People born in the age of Mao are getting older, and the working age population will be less and less economically burdens.