Aug 20,2021:On Friday, China’s parliament officially approved the three-child policy discussed by the ruling Communist Party in a major policy shift aimed at preventing a sharp decline in fertility in the world’s most populous countries. The revised Population and Family Planning Act, which allows Chinese couples to have three children, was passed by the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC).
In a clear attempt to deal with the reluctance of Chinese couples to give birth to more children due to rising costs, the revised law also has more social and economic to address concerns. Passed support measures. The new law provides for the state to take financial, tax, insurance, education, housing, employment and other support measures to reduce family burdens and parenting and education costs, the state-owned China Daily reports. rice field.
The NPC has amended its legislation to address new conditions of social and economic development and to implement the Central Leadership’s decision to promote balanced and long-term population growth, the report said. In May of this year, the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CPC) approved a strict relaxation of the two-child policy to allow all couples to have up to three children.
China allowed all couples to give birth to two children in 2016, abolishing the one-child policy decades ago when policy makers condemned the country’s vital crisis. Chinese officials claim that the one-child policy, which has been in place for over 30 years, has prevented the birth of more than 400 million people.
