Zhejiang: Increase the amount of housing provident fund loans for three-child families and give priority to lending

The Surging News reporter Peng Yanqiu

In the process of building a demonstration zone for common prosperity, Zhejiang proposed to build a child-friendly society.

At the first regular press conference of the National Health Commission in 2022, Cao Qifeng, deputy director of the Zhejiang Provincial Health Commission, said that at present, Zhejiang Province proposes to build a child-friendly society based on the following two considerations: First, to cope with the needs of changes in the demographic situation. According to the "Seven Pu" data, the total fertility rate in Zhejiang Province is around 1.0, lower than the national level of 1.3. The second is the need for high-quality development and the construction of a common prosperity demonstration zone. In June 2021, the Party Central Committee and the State Council issued the Opinions on Supporting Zhejiang's High-quality Development and Building a Common Prosperity Demonstration Zone, which is a major historical mission entrusted to Zhejiang by the Party Central Committee. On June 11, 2021, the Ninth Plenary Session of the 14th Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee deliberated and adopted the "Implementation Plan for Zhejiang High-quality Development and Construction of Common Prosperity Demonstration Zone (2021-2025)", making a major deployment to build a child-friendly society and create a business card of "Zhejiang Has Good Education".

Cao Qifeng pointed out that the main practices of Zhejiang to promote the construction of a "child-friendly society":

The first is to integrate into the overall situation. The Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government have listed the construction of a child-friendly society as a priority province, and included the "four lists" of key tasks, breakthrough grips, major reforms, and typical cases of high-quality development and construction of common prosperity demonstration zones. In September 2021, the National Health Commission and the provincial government signed the "Cooperation Agreement on Supporting the High-quality Development of Zhejiang Province in the Field of Health and Health and Building a Common Prosperity Demonstration Zone", comprehensively establishing a strategic cooperation mechanism for the province to jointly build a child-friendly society.

The second is to be consistent. In line with the Central Committee's "Decision" and the "Population and Family Planning Law", the "Zhejiang Provincial Population and Family Planning Regulations" have been revised, and the restrictive contents such as the "one-vote veto system", the collection of social support fees, and the approval of reproduction have been deleted. Governments at or above the county level and their departments throughout the province have comprehensively cleaned up and abolished various laws, policies, and measures that are incompatible with child-rearing friendliness.

The third is to actively encourage. On the basis of the maternity leave prescribed by the State, women extend maternity leave by sixty days for one child and ninety days for the second and third children; within the third year of the child, both husband and wife enjoy ten days of parental leave each year; except for maternity leave, which is guaranteed by the maternity fund, the wages, bonuses and other welfare benefits of other holidays are paid. Care for children of families with two children or more attending school (kindergarten) in the same kindergarten, elementary school and junior high school. Fully implant the function of custodial services in community and rural planning and construction. Optimize the rationing mechanism of affordable housing, give preference to multi-child families, increase the amount of housing provident fund loans for three-child families and give priority to lending.

The fourth is to reflect universal benefits. The "Regulations" stipulate that if a woman fails to enjoy maternity leave and maternity allowances due to unemployment, unemployment, flexible employment and other non-insured reasons, the people's government of the county (city, district) shall give appropriate economic subsidies in combination with local realities and the level of economic and social development, and the specific objects and standards shall be prescribed by the people's government of the county (city, district). Families of infants and young children under the age of three are given childcare allowances and childcare expenses. Promote the inclusion of infant and child care service fees for children under 3 years old in the special additional deduction of personal income tax. The provincial people's government may, as necessary, decide to extend the period of maternity leave, nursing leave, parental leave and paternity leave for only children.

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