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Liaoning encourages couples to have more kids
    2018-07-11  08:53    Shenzhen Daily

THE government of Liaoning Province is considering policies to relieve the financial burdens of couples who have had a second child. The policies are designed to encourage births and thereby help overcome China’s major demographic challenges — aging and a dwindling workforce.

The provincial government said it will help families who have chosen to give birth by providing benefits in taxes, education, social security and housing. It will also explore other policies to ease the daily burden of raising children, it said in a guideline released last week.

Other steps will be taken to encourage more couples to have a second child, including providing longer maternity leaves and encouraging employers to allow flexible work hours for pregnant women and nursing mothers, the guideline said.

Details are still being studied, according to the Liaoning Development and Reform Commission.

The guideline was released as the workforce has dwindled in the province and the average age has risen over the past few years. Those factors are having negative effects on social and economic development, the government said.

With China’s adoption of the universal second-child policy at the beginning of 2016, the provincial government has set a target of steady population growth from around 44 million in 2015 to 45 million by 2030, according to the commission. That would represent a significant reversal: The population of the province has been declining since 2014.

“To achieve the growth target, the government will try every means to encourage births, so society can shift its concept as quickly as possible from one child to two,” the commission said.

The government will also intensify training of local talent and import more from other areas to improve the quantity and quality of the workforce, it said.

The number of people aged 60 or above in Liaoning province reached 9.6 million at the end of last year, accounting for more than 22.6 percent of its population — far above the national average of 17.3 percent, according to a report by the Liaoning Working Committee on Aging.

(China Daily)

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