(Observation of the Two Sessions) The Central No. 1 document directly points to "high-priced bride price" How to prevent "poverty due to marriage"?
China News Agency, Fuzhou, March 4th, Question: Central No. 1 document directly points to "high-priced betrothal gifts" How to prevent "poverty due to marriage"?
China News Agency reporter Long Min
"To carry out special treatment of prominent problems in key areas of changing customs and changing customs, such as high-priced bride price gifts, big exercises and large-scale activities", this is the No. 1 document of the Central Committee in 2022 (that is, the "Opinions of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council on Doing a Good Job in Comprehensively Promoting the Key Work of Rural Revitalization in 2022") put forward new requirements.
Incorporate the issue of special treatment of high-priced brides into the key work of comprehensively promoting rural revitalization, curb the issue of "high-priced brides," and prevent the topic of "poverty due to marriage" from entering the official field of vision.
How to prevent "getting married and emptying out the family"?
Deputies to the National People's Congress from the countryside have made suggestions, hoping to bid farewell to the "wishful marriage" as soon as possible.
Data map: The newlyweds take pictures outside the marriage registration office.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Tomita
Zeng Yunying, deputy to the National People's Congress, secretary of the party branch and director of the village committee of Qicuo Village, Huashi Town, Xiuyu District, Putian City, Fujian Province, pointed out in an interview with a reporter from China News Agency that "it is difficult to afford the 'high-priced bride price' and the sky-high bride price, which has become a problem for some rural families. The problem." Zeng Yunying found in his long-term grassroots work research that the threshold for marriage is getting higher and higher, and the bride's family often asks for 200,000 to 300,000 yuan (RMB, the same below), and 500,000 to 600,000 yuan. See, the bride price, house and car have become unbearable burdens for the general family, and getting married will empty the family.
Lei Jinyu, deputy to the National People's Congress and secretary of the Party Branch of Houmenping Village, Banzhong She Nationality Township, Fu'an City, Ningde, Fujian, believes that social phenomena such as "high-priced dowry" and "high-priced dowry" not only erode social ethos, subvert public order and good customs, but also lead to "poverty due to marriage" and "due to marriage". The phenomenon of “returning to poverty after marriage” aggravates the risk of old-age care for rural families, affects the organic connection between poverty alleviation and rural revitalization, and endangers rural development.
In response to the new requirements of the Central Document No. 1 in 2022, Zeng Yunying proposed to promote the new trend of marriage and bid farewell to the dilemma of "wishful marriage".
Lei Jinyu suggested that we should actively promote the transformation of customs and customs, build a civilized township style, and make young people truly become practitioners, leaders, and propagandists of changing customs and customs; focus on grass-roots construction, play the role of villagers' self-governing organizations, and strengthen the supervision role of the village collective.
Hou Yanmei, a deputy to the National People's Congress who has worked hard for many years from the countryside to the city and the project team leader of Fuzhou Jiahaojia Cleaning Service Co., Ltd., believes that the experience and achievements of the pilot reform of marriage customs in various places should be summarized and promoted, and a long-term mechanism for changing customs and customs should be established and improved. Standardize and agree on the standards of bride price and banquet, and curb the situation of competition in rural areas for bride price.
Zeng Yunying suggested that relevant departments at all levels should jointly issue a letter of proposal to the society to curb high betrothal gifts; carry out publicity and education on the law that "it is not advisable to push up betrothal gifts, cold and illegal harm children"; hold "civilized families", "the most beautiful brides" and "get rich stars" A series of activities such as "media experts" make the new trend of marriage a conscious action of the people, reduce the burden of marriage, and eliminate the risk of marriage leading to poverty and returning to poverty.
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