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according to the Washington Post website, women's maternity leave has been extended in all provinces of China, and the original 98 days have been extended for several months. In response to the call of the party, the rural Party Committee launched new slogans and hung them on houses and walls.
the online forum has published various slogans that encourage the countryside to encourage two children, and what "exercise, enhance physical fitness, prepare for two children!" And "go to bed early, do not play cards, make children diligently!" "No fines, no arrests, and two children who want to have a second child!" However, the problem is that many people do not want to have another two children. "Only child" has become a deep-rooted concept in Chinese culture and Chinese society.
the Chinese government claims that in the first half of this year, the birth rate of the whole country increased by 6.9% compared with the same period last year, and 800 thousand births were increased. State media reported that there was a baby boom in Beijing. Reported that in the capital of major hospitals in obstetrics and Gynecology, people lined up long queues, booking beds. Obstetric beds in some hospitals are even booked up next April.
Wang Feng, of University of California, Erwin, says these reports are actually misleading. Wang Feng said that the birth rate of China's population this year is lower than the target set by the government in 2016 to add 2 million 500 thousand new births. Moreover, even if the demand for all two children saved by all the one-child policies is included, the population has not seen a sharp increase.
large queues in gynecology and obstetrics of major hospitals are just the performance bottlenecks of China's overburdened medical system. Many women in this year are women who have passed the average age of childbirth. In order to prevent complications, older women generally listen to advice to a hospital for medical production in a class a hospital, resulting in the difficult situation of medical treatment in these hospitals.
Wang Feng said, in fact, when the one-child policy was first loosed in 2013, that is, when the two child was liberalized, only 18% of the 11 million eligible couples in China applied for two children. It can be said that the response of the public is rather cold. As the population migrates to cities on a large scale, the cost of living in cities continues to rise, which in turn inhibits the birth rate of the population. Many people choose late marriage, late childbirth, or even be unmarried. In the short term, the number of Chinese population is expected to increase, but in the long run, China's fertility rate will not exceed 1.5 children per couple.
reported that Xi Wei is the father of a 9 year old boy. He said he and his wife did not want to have another one. Their sons have classes outside school every day, and they also have classes outside the classroom on Saturday. Faced with the pressure exerted by society, adults and children feel exhausted because they are not lagging behind others. Xi and his wife are single children. They do not think it is wrong to grow up alone. "Over the years, everyone tends to have one child, and everyone is used to it," he said. "How do you need two children when the resources provided by the society are unfavourable and mismatched?"
Han Jing's son has been out of class since she was five years old: English, arithmetic and painting. Only in this way can he not fall behind other children in kindergarten. "I don't want him to feel embarrassed or self abased on the first day of primary school," she said. She was worried that her children would face up to those talented people who could speak English, master thousands of Chinese characters or play the piano.
three years later, the pressure on children's shoulders is increasing: Han Jing and her husband spend more than 10 thousand yuan a year in their children's extracurricular classes. This not only costs them a lot of energy, but also costs a lot of money. Han Jing's husband can't earn 35 thousand yuan a year.
the apartment they live in is too narrow and small enough to accommodate the first two children. If you want to move to a bigger house, you can't afford Beijing's housing price. However, not having a second child is not entirely for economic reasons: Han Jing says they have put all their time and energy into their sons, and they are really exhausted.
"I feel bad to see the pressure that the children are facing, so I don't want to regenerate one and let him go through all this," she said. "He was too tired. We are too tired. Neither adults nor children can afford to have a second child.