1. Preface
At present, China is gradually opening up the policy of giving birth to two and three children to guide families to better play the role of child-rearing, achieve economic, social and strategic goals, and add sufficient human and population resources to the sustainable development of the country.
In 2016, China completely abolished the family planning policy and implemented the policy of allowing two children, and various localities woke up to the impact of the decline in fertility on social undertakings, and policies encouraged the birth of three or more children. Allowing the birth of second and third children will help alleviate the pressure of future labor shortages and aging, as well as promote the implementation of population optimization and family burden reduction policies. At the same time, multi-child families will become beneficiaries of the policy and enjoy corresponding subsidies and preferences, which will help improve the contradiction between supply and demand of infants and young children and promote social harmony and stability. In general, the state encourages the two-child and three-child policies, which have clear development goals and significance.
2. Incentive policies of various provinces and cities: mainly direct economic subsidies
With the opening of China's two-child and three-child policies, various provinces and cities have also successively introduced corresponding birth encouragement policies. Some of these policies take the main form of direct economic subsidies. In this way, local governments provide substantial support to families to make it easier for them to accept the decision to have second and third children.
The two-child and three-child policies of some provinces and municipalities directly under the Central Government are as follows:
【Beijing】
Two-child policy: Provide a birth allowance of up to 10,000 yuan, and an education subsidy of 1,000 yuan will be issued every year from the year of birth until the child completes compulsory education.
Three-child policy: Provide maternity benefits and incentives totaling 180,000 yuan, which will be given in installments every year.
【Guangdong Province】
Two-child policy: Provide a birth allowance of 10,000 yuan, and an education subsidy of 1,000 yuan per year for the child until the child completes junior high school education.
Three-child policy: Provide 350,000 yuan of maternity benefits, including pre-accounting, fertility guidance, prenatal examination, delivery expenses, maternal and child expenses, etc.
【Hunan Province】
Two-child policy: Provide a one-time birth incentive of 12,000 RMB and child development subsidy, 2,500 RMB per year, which lasts until the child completes 9 years of compulsory education.
Three-child policy: Provide a one-time birth incentive of 20,000 RMB and a child development subsidy of 5,000 RMB per year, which lasts until the child completes 12 years of compulsory education.
【Jiangsu Province】
Two-child policy: Provide 3-year birth services, including preconception health care, pregnancy health care, childbirth medical treatment, family care, breastfeeding, etc., with a cumulative value of not less than 60,000 yuan.
Three-child policy: Provide corresponding tax incentives and birth subsidies, and the birth subsidy is 20,000 yuan, which is distributed annually.
【Yunnan Province】
From January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2025, a one-time birth subsidy of RMB 2,000 and RMB 5,000 will be issued to the second and third children newly born and registered in Yunnan, and a childcare subsidy of RMB 800 will be issued annually
For newly born infants and young children registered in Yunnan, an insurance subsidy of 50 yuan per person per year will be given to purchase accident insurance.
【Zhejiang Province】
Two-child policy: Provide a one-time birth incentive of RMB 2,880 and an education subsidy of RMB 1,000 per year until the child completes 9 years of compulsory education.
Three-child policy: Provide a one-time birth incentive of 8,880 yuan and an annual education subsidy of 1,500 yuan until the child completes 12 years of compulsory education.
【Henan Province】
Two-child policy: For families with two children or more, a one-time birth incentive of RMB 3,000 and an education development subsidy of RMB 1,000 per year will continue until the child completes 9 years of compulsory education.
Three-child policy: For families with three children or more, provide certain birth incentives and education development subsidies, and give priority to arranging services such as childcare and school enrollment.
【Shandong Province】
Two-child policy: Provide a one-time birth incentive of RMB 5,000 and an education subsidy of RMB 1,000 per year until the child completes 9 years of compulsory education.
Three-child policy: Provide 150,000 yuan in maternity benefits, and issue an education incentive of 3,000 yuan for children every year until the child completes high school.
【Hebei Province】
Two-child policy: Provide a one-time birth incentive of 2,000 RMB and an annual education subsidy of 500 RMB until the child completes 9 years of compulsory education.
Three-child policy: For families with three children or more, certain preferential policies such as birth incentives, education subsidies and the inclusion of priority talents will be given.
【Sichuan Province】
Two-child policy: Provide a one-time birth incentive of RMB 5,000 and an education subsidy of RMB 1,000 per year until the child completes 9 years of compulsory education.
Three-child policy: Provide corresponding policies and economic support for families with three children or more, including birth incentives, education subsidies and medical security.
【Hubei Province】
Two-child policy: Provide a one-time birth incentive of 5,000 RMB, an annual education subsidy of 1,500 RMB, and high-quality services including pediatric medical treatment and child health care.
Three-child policy: Provide corresponding policies and economic support for families with three children or more, including birth incentives, education subsidies and tax incentives.
3. Fancy incentive policies in some provinces and cities
Various cities have successively introduced a variety of birth incentive policies. In addition to direct economic subsidies, some cities have also racked their brains and adopted different fancy incentive policies, such as free policies, additional medical security, school policies, education incentives, license indicators, provident fund policies, etc., to attract more families to have two or three children. Let's take a look together:
【Weifang, Shandong】Tuition fees will be waived for three children born after May 31, 2021 while attending public ordinary high schools.
【Zezhou, Shanxi】Children of two- (three) children who settle down and work in Zezhou County can add 10 points when applying for public high schools in the county.
【Hangzhou, Zhejiang】At least one of the same couple is eligible to apply for the Hangzhou passenger car increment index, and eligible two-child families without a car, or eligible families with only one or no car in a three-child family, can directly apply for other indicators of a "multi-child family" type of minibus.
【Nanning, Guangxi】If a family with two or three children does not have a house and rents commercial housing to withdraw housing provident fund, the rental withdrawal limit will be increased by 200 yuan and 400 yuan respectively on the basis of the amount stipulated in the current Nanning housing provident fund withdrawal policy. The rental withdrawal limit for families with two children will be increased to 1,100 yuan per person per month, and the monthly withdrawal limit for dual-depositor families will be 2,200 yuan; Rental withdrawal for families with three children
【Hunan】Urban and rural residents who give birth to a second child can enjoy free maternal health care, prenatal and postpartum services provided by the government, and enjoy a variety of services such as Western medicine, traditional Chinese medicine, and traditional health care.
4. Conclusion
The existence of direct economic subsidies in the birth incentive policies of provinces and cities. This subsidy, for some families, is very practical and meaningful. Not only can families bear the cost of a new life, but they can also provide the necessary family support to ensure that children have access to adequate education, health services and other necessary living conditions.
Although direct economic subsidies have some problems as a form of birth incentive policy, such as the fear of abnormal births and unfair distribution, it provides substantial economic support and policy guarantees for some families with two and three children.
However, policy formulation and implementation need to take into account broader social and family issues to ensure policy fairness and legitimacy. In this way, the birth incentive policy can better promote the development of the country and the care of infants and young children, and at the same time, it can more comprehensively protect the rights and interests of families and children.
This article was published by the Global Data Intelligence Unit
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