by! Henan amends family planning regulations: advocates a couple (including remarried couples) to have two children

　　Duan Weiduo, a journalist from Henan media

　　On June 3, the eighteenth meeting of the Standing Committee of the 13th Provincial People's Congress voted to pass the "Decision of the Standing Committee of the Henan Provincial People's Congress on Amending the Eight Local Regulations of the Henan Population and Family Planning Regulations." Among them, the first paragraph of Article 15 of the "People and Family Planning Regulations of Henan Province" was amended to read: "Promote a couple (including remarried couples) to have two children."

　　[Modify] Henan: Promote a couple (including remarried couples) to have two children!

　　Earlier, the statement of the Provincial People’s Congress Standing Committee’s decision to revise the “Henan Provincial Population and Family Planning Regulations” and other eight local regulations (draft) mentioned that in October 2019, the Fourth Plenary Session of the Nineteenth Central Committee reviewed and approved the Decision on Several Major Issues Concerning Upholding and Improving the Socialist System with Chinese Characteristics and Promoting the Modernization of the National Governance System and Governance Capability. Among them, it is clearly required to optimize the birth policy and improve the quality of the population. In order to implement the latest spirit of the central government and combine the new situation of population changes in our province after the implementation of the comprehensive two-child policy, and to further safeguard the reproductive rights of the people in our province, the “Regulations of Henan Province on Population and Family Planning” have been adjusted and improved accordingly.

　　Article 15 of the original Regulations: Promote a couple to have two children. A couple who meets one of the following requirements for childbearing may be allowed to give birth again with approval: (1) The couple has a total of two children and no children in common; (2) Both children are identified as non-genetic sick children , Can't grow into a normal labor force, medically think it can be reborn.

　　Article 15 of the Regulations is amended to: Promote a couple (including remarried couples) to have two children. Couples who have had two children, and one of them has been identified as a non-hereditary disabled child, cannot grow into a normal labor force, and a couple who is medically considered to be able to have another child can have another child after approval.

　　In addition, Article 35 of the Regulations is amended as follows: for every child born in violation of laws and regulations, the per capita disposable income of the urban or rural residents of the county (city, district) in the previous year when the male and female household registration was found when the violation was found Levy social maintenance fees three times.

　　【Background】Population and Family Planning Law: If it meets the conditions stipulated by laws and regulations, you can request to have another child

　　At present, the Henan Province Population and Family Planning Regulations have made the latest amendments. How is it regulated at the national level? The reporter learned that the basis for the revision of Article 15 in Henan Province is Article 18 of the “People and Family Planning Law of the People’s Republic of China”: The state encourages a couple to have two children.

　　Those who meet the conditions stipulated by laws and regulations may require arrangements to have another child. The specific measures shall be stipulated by the people's congresses of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government or their standing committees.

　　Ethnic minorities must also implement family planning. The specific measures shall be prescribed by the people’s congresses or their standing committees of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government.

　　Where the provisions of the provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities where the husband and wife are domiciled are inconsistent, the principle of benefiting the parties shall apply.

　　[Hot discussion] Married and unmarried, both concerned about the birth of the baby

　　When the draft was submitted to the 18th meeting of the Standing Committee of the 13th Provincial People's Congress on May 31, the Dahe Daily reported on it and caused heated discussions.

　　Many married people agreed to this amendment, but at the same time, many people admitted that the current cost of giving birth to children is too high.

　　Many unmarried people are also very concerned about fertility issues. Messages: "The problem of marriage is not solved, how to have a child." "Be born, raised, and taught well, to be the pillar of the country. Unless there is a subsidy for children's education, it is estimated to consider a second child. Unmarried, blind nagging."