Having a baby is an important moment in every woman's life. In today's social context, many young families are facing various pressures and difficulties, which has led to the problem of declining fertility rates. In order to encourage childbearing, many experts began to make various suggestions, and even some experts suggested starting a new family planning and forcing children, such outrageous suggestions are unacceptable, recently, Zhai Dongsheng, a professor at the Chinese People's University, put forward a new proposal in a program: give state subsidies for young women's labor contributions to children, in the form of subsidies. This point of view immediately aroused heated discussions and discussions among the majority of netizens.
Professor Zhai Dongsheng's view is that the state can encourage childbearing by giving a child to a one-bedroom house as a subsidy, and he added: "The house is expensive in the land, the land belongs to the state, and the country belongs to the people!" This form of subsidy can not only relieve pressure and increase fertility, but also increase the happiness and stability of the family. Compared with the government's two-child and three-child incentive policies in the past, houses are more substantially attractive as incentives.
But as with any new view, there are those who have a different attitude towards it. Some people believe that Professor Zhai Dongsheng's suggestion is "grandstanding" and unrealistic. They believe that an individual's choice to have children should be based on his or her own financial ability and family planning.
Admittedly, the question is not simple. Whether we are for it or against it, we cannot ignore the fact that China is currently facing the problem of negative population growth. According to statistics, at the end of 2022, the national population decreased by 850,000 people from the end of the previous year. Therefore, we need to seriously think about how to deal with the challenge of negative population growth. The views put forward by Professor Zhai Dongsheng have undoubtedly aroused people's attention and thinking about the problem. While his suggestion may sound bold and outrageous, it does inspire us to think about population.
Whether through housing subsidies or other forms of policy, we need to find solutions to the problem of negative population growth. The population issue is not only about the happiness of individual families, but also about the future development of a country.
In the face of the trend of negative population growth, we cannot simply change it with the power of fertility policy. Negative population growth is the result of a combination of factors and requires comprehensive measures to address it. First, we need to optimize population policies and implement a comprehensive maternity security system and related public services, so that young couples have more confidence and motivation to have children. Second, we need to optimize the structure of the economy, increase labor productivity, provide more employment opportunities, and improve the matching of labor supply and demand. Finally, we need to improve the social security system, including pension insurance, medical insurance, etc., to ensure the welfare of the elderly.
So do you think these recommendations from experts are reliable?