China News Service, Beijing, July 22 (Reporter Li Chun) Wang Peian, member of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, deputy director of the Committee on Population, Resources and Environment of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the China Family Planning Association, and executive vice chairman, said in an interview with reporters recently that China’s total fertility rate Maintaining a low level is in line with the objective laws of international population development. There is no need to worry too much about this, but we should take active measures to promote the realization of an appropriate fertility level.
Chinese officials recently announced 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," and made a major decision to implement the three-child policy and supporting measures.
The "Decision" pointed out that the implementation of the three-child policy and supporting measures to promote the fertility policy and related economic and social policies will help meet the willingness of more families to reproduce and help boost the fertility level.
Wang Pei'an said that the current world population development is unbalanced, and most developing countries are still facing the arduous task of controlling the population, but the developed countries are generally at low or ultra-low fertility levels.
In 2019, 84 of the 203 countries (regions) in the world have a total fertility rate below the replacement level of 2.1, mainly developed countries (regions) in Europe, Oceania and Asia, covering 45.3% of the world's population.
He said that the underlying reasons for the low fertility rate are the development of industrialization and modernization, the increase in female education and labor participation rate, the increase in population mobility, the popularization of contraceptive methods, changes in lifestyles, changes in fertility concepts and parenting patterns. Wait.
Wang Peian pointed out that China's total fertility rate has fallen below the replacement level since the 1990s, and has maintained a low level for 30 years.
This is the inevitable result of economic and social development and conforms to the objective law of international population development.
"In this regard, we do not have to worry too much, but we should take active measures, vigorously build a fertility support policy system, implement the national strategy to actively respond to the aging of the population, and promote the realization of an appropriate fertility level."
Statistics show that since 2018, the number of births in my country has continued to decline.
Does China still have the advantage of human resources endowment?
In this regard, Wang Peian said that China has a population of 1.4 billion and is a large market with the greatest potential for ultra-large scales in the world.
The optimization and upgrading of residents' consumption, combined with modern technology and production methods, contains huge room for growth. It is the most reliable confidence and support for accelerating the construction of a new development pattern of "domestic cycle as the main body, domestic and international dual cycle mutual promotion".
He pointed out that in terms of the total labor force, there will be 990 million working-age people aged 15 to 64 in my country in 2020, and it is expected that there will be 820 million in 2050, and there is room for substantial improvement in labor productivity.
The implementation of the three-child policy and supporting measures can increase the number of births and improve the age structure of the population.
Whether it is the stock or increase of our labor force, it will help maintain the advantage of human resource endowment.
Although the childbirth policy is gradually relaxed, the three-child policy is still under the framework of the family planning policy.
Wang Peian believes that the implementation of the three-child policy rather than the full liberalization of childbearing reflects the spirit of combining national guidance and independent family reproduction.
He said that the implementation of the three-child policy has given family planning new connotations.
A couple can have three children, which can meet the reproductive wishes of most families. Families can plan, responsibly, scientifically and autonomously arrange the birth time, birth interval, and number of births.
At the same time, the three-child policy also reflects the basic national conditions of my country's population development.
In addition, Wang Peian also believes that the implementation of the three-child policy will help promote the realization of an appropriate fertility level, promote the overall development of people and family harmony and happiness; it will also help consolidate the achievements of building a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way, and achieve population and economic and social adaptation, and resource and environment compatibility. Coordinate to achieve the goal of building a modern and powerful socialist country.
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