Starting Feb. 15, there will no longer be a limit on the number of childbirths a person can register in Sichuan. The policy change comes as China reports its first population decline in more than 60 years
Experts have described the change as a desperate move by the government. The easing of restrictions to register new births, however, doesn’t just signal a political evolution but also a potential cultural one—which may be necessary to address the daunting demographic challenge China faces.
“I think this shift has been, like in people’s mind, in policymakers’ mind for quite some time,” says Zheng Mu, an associate professor of sociology at the National University of Singapore.have attempted to reverse course from decades of previous stringent efforts to limit population growth, as elder generations are increasingly outnumbering younger ones, threatening to hamper the economy and strain social services.
In 2016, the CCP changed its national one-child policy to a two-child policy, and in 2021, it upped the limit to three. Since, the government has offered incentives for people to have more children, including cash subsidies, tax deductions, and low-cost child-rearing programs. But given that China remains a traditionally conservative country, those benefits were largely restricted to married couples.
A woman and two children prepare to board a high-speed train at the Chengdu South Railway Station in Sichuan, China, on Dec. 26, 2022.China’s national family planning policies don’t account for single parents or same-sex parents . While neither the
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