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Pradeep Kumar

21/08/21 10:55 AM IST

Three-child policy in China

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China has relaxed its two-child norm and endorsed a three-child policy.

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  • China’s one-child policy, which had been enforced by former leader Deng Xiaoping in 1980, had remained in place until 2016, when fears of a rapidly ageing population undermining economic growth forced the ruling Communist Party to allow two children per married couple.
  • The relaxation did result in some improvement in the proportion of young people in the country, the policy change was deemed insufficient in averting an impending demographic crisis.
  • Even as a three-child policy has now been announced, many remain skeptical, wondering how it would be able to address challenges that the 2016 change could not, adue to factors such as higher cost of living and long working hours.
Why do many remain skeptical about the three-child policy?
  • Experts say relaxing limits on reproductive rights alone cannot go a long way in averting an unwanted demographic shift.
  • The main factors behind fewer children being born, they say, are rising costs of living, education, and supporting ageing parents.
  • The problem is made worse by the country’s pervasive culture of long working hours.
  • There has also been a cultural shift during the decades in which the one-child policy remained in force, with many couples believing that one child is enough, and some expressing no interest in having children.
Source: The Hindu

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