In the latest move, China has launched a pilot project across 20 cities of the country, which aims to create a new-era marriage and childbearing culture. Reportedly, the move has been taken in view to tackle the falling birth rate in the country. The Family Planning Association will be implementing the project, which will encourage women to get married and have children.As per sources, the project will encourage women to get married at the right age, and will also encourage the parents to share child-rearing responsibility. Notably, the project will be implemented across 20 cities in the country which will include Beijing, Guangzhou, and Handan in Hebei province.It is anticipated that the tight one-child policy that the nation enacted between 1980 and 2015 is intended to be reversed by this policy.In March, authorities suggested that single and unmarried women have access to egg freezing and IVF treatment, among other services, to increase the countrys fertility rate. At the same time, China experienced its first population decline in 60 years and the population is rapidly ageing.As per reports, the career ambitions of women have been put off by having more than one child, which is leading to a decline in the birth rate.Conclusion:The projects will encourage getting married, starting a family at particular ages, and sharing parental obligations.They will also put an end to other outmoded practices, like excessive “bride prices.”Chinese provinces have already begun implementing several other policies, such as tax incentives for parents to have children.It also came to notice that some of the education groups, last month announced that they are going on a break and tasked students with enjoying themselves to boost marriage rates.Apart from this some companies, provinces, and townships have been experimenting with ways to get people to marry and offering 30 days of “marriage leave” or launching campaigns asking city women to date rural older bachelors.
