Chinanews.com, July 21. The "Decision of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council on Optimizing Fertility Policies to Promote Long-term and Balanced Population Development" (hereinafter referred to as the "Decision") was announced on the 20th.
Ou Xiaoli, director of the Social Development Department of the National Development and Reform Commission, pointed out on the 21st that in the next step, the National Development and Reform Commission will work with relevant departments to study and formulate implementation plans to further refine active childbirth support measures to ensure that the various tasks of the "Decision" are fully implemented.
The State Council Information Office held a press conference on the 21st to introduce the optimization of the birth policy to promote the long-term balanced development of the population.
Ou Xiaoli made the above statement when answering a reporter's question.
Xiaoli Ou pointed out that with economic and social development, people's concept of fertility has actually changed.
The rapid increase in parenting costs is the main contradiction facing the population at present. The economic burden, child care, and women’s concerns about career development have all become the main factors restricting fertility such as "unwilling to give birth" and "dare to give birth".
After the state announced the implementation of the three-child birth policy, online responses regarding "cannot afford to afford" and "cannot afford to support" were also concentrated, reflecting the people's expectations for the birth support policy.
Ou Xiaoli said that because of this, the Central Government’s "Decision" made it clear that supporting measures and the three-child birth policy were put forward as a whole combination, requiring marriage, childbirth, parenting, and education to be considered as a whole, and proposed a package covering the entire life cycle. Support initiatives.
"For example, in terms of promoting prenatal and postnatal care, implement projects related to the capacity building of women and children's health services, expand the supply of maternal and child health services; implement the action plan for improving maternal and child safety, the action plan for healthy children, and the promotion of breastfeeding; expand the screening of neonatal diseases Promote early screening, early diagnosis and treatment, and early treatment for the scope of diseases; carry out special research to improve fertility capacity, build a human assisted reproductive technology service system with a balanced supply and demand and a reasonable layout, and standardize infertility diagnosis and treatment services. In terms of expanding childcare services , Formulate special plans related to the development of childcare services, carry out special actions for inclusive childcare, promote cities to formulate overall solutions, and support qualified employers to provide childcare services for employees, etc." said Xiaoli Ou.
In terms of reducing the burden of education, Xiaoli Ou pointed out that we should promote the governance of supporting kindergartens in urban communities, continue to increase the coverage of inclusive kindergartens, improve the quality of teaching and education evaluation in schools, fully carry out after-school cultural and sports activities, social practice projects, and custody services, and promote school hours Connect with parents' off-duty time, strictly regulate off-campus training, etc.
In addition, in improving the maternity leave and maternity insurance system, strengthening taxation, housing and other support policies, and guaranteeing the legitimate rights and interests of women in employment, a series of policy measures will also be studied and formulated.
The implementation of this series of pragmatic measures will strive to solve the worries of the common people, promote the release of the potential of the birth policy, and promote the harmony and happiness of hundreds of millions of families.
"In the next step, we will work with relevant departments to study and formulate implementation plans to further refine active childbirth support measures to ensure that the various tasks of the "Decision" are fully implemented." Ou Xiaoli said, the second is to mobilize social forces. , Make a good policy interpretation, strengthen work supervision, form a joint work force, work together to create a childbirth-friendly society, and promote the optimization of the childbirth policy to achieve positive results.
The third is to carry out activities to create cities with vigorous development, focusing on "one old and one small", to create a group of model cities that are friendly to the elderly, care for children, start entrepreneurs by young people, inclusive of people's livelihood, and dynamic social development, and promote long-term balanced population development. Realize the coordinated development of population, economy, society, resources and environment.