Members of the National Congress of China (NPC), which launched this week's annual session, are considering encouraging couples to take fertility tests before getting married within other policies to boost the national fertility rate, state media reported Thursday.
National Global Times It is listed This week, there are several suggestions that have emerged in NPCs this week to help Chinese families give birth to more babies. It cited a political adviser who was identified as suggesting that Lu Weiing would give young, childless employees time to receive various medical tests to ensure birth rates before the company gets married.
“Political Advisor Lu Weiing…suggested an increase in leave days so that young people can undergo premarital exams and fertility ratings before marriage,” the state outlet shared. “Lu told the Global Times that she suggested that women should undergo a fertility rating so that women can make better plans for childbirth at marriage.”
“Reflecting Lu's proposal to understand the fertility situation, NPC Deputy Ruan Xiangyan emphasized the protection of fertility health throughout the lifetime, not just for women of childbirth age, but for children and men,” the report continued.
Global Times They did not elaborate on infertility testing inferences or what the government would propose to couples who were found to have infertility complications, either.
The dire birth rate situation has led the Communist Party to take invasive measures on people's personal lives in the hopes of pressure on couples to have children. In one surprising example, South China Morning Post In October, a Chinese woman reported using social media to complain that local Communist officials were unexpectedly calling for invasive questions about their menstrual cycle and other private body details. One woman began asking for details about her last menstrual cycle when a government worker called her, asked if she was pregnant and said that she wasn't. The worker suggests setting a reminder call from the government when it is believed she is ovulating.
“I believe that marriage and childbirth are private matters and will remain with each individual. This view is wrong and one-sided,” the Chinese propaganda post declared.
Birth rates are falling in the six most populous countries in the world, but at different speeds. This graphic shows annual births per 1,000 people in six large countries around the world by population. Data Source: United Nations World Population Outlook. (Graphics by Visual Capitalist via Getty Images)
The policy of harassing women about intimate details of the menstrual cycle does not appear to have caused any meaningful changes to China's fertility rates in reporting times, but was recently implemented as trends could change. Experts believe However, stress can contribute to mental health conditions such as anxiety and depression associated with high levels of infertility, and so can lead to infertility.
The NPC is a federal-level legal organization in China, meeting only once a year and is completely controlled by the Communist Party. Its main task is to codify the orders already imposed by Genofer dictator XI Jinping, and presents a plan of action if Xi orders his party to find a solution to the problem in an unlimited manner.
China is facing a historic decline in national fertility rates, rapidly combining a rapidly aging population with marriage rates. China's National Bureau of Statistics recorded a national population decline in January in 2024, revealing that it did so for the third year in a row, and that only 9.54 million babies were born that year. The birth rate has risen modestly since 2023, when the government claimed 9.02 million babies were born. The National Bureau of Statistics has found that 10.93 million people died in 2024.
The country is now I was believed The fact that nearly 35 million men live than women means the outlook for many men's marriage adventures. It's a dark person considering women outside of birth age and women who choose not to marry at all. Gender imbalances and lower birth rates were the product of the Communist Party's “one-child policy,” making it illegal for couples to have one or more sons or daughters. government Forced This policy is based on forced abortion and infanticide. Beijing boasts that its policy has been “hindered” 400 million People since birth.
China ended its “one-child policy” in 2016, but only a limited number of families with just two children were still in their own right. That number was expanded to three in 2021, but statistics showed that the country's fertility rate after the implementation of the “three-policy” was not significantly increased, only a small increase.
Decreasing population is one of several factors that seriously put the health of China's economy at risk. During this month's annual “two sessions,” China's state media identified policies to revive the economy and attract foreign investment as a major topic of work for the NPC and the People's Political Council of China (CPPCC), a powerful advisory body of thousands.
Other suggestions identified by Global Times Thursday include It requires businesses to provide employees with longer periods of obstetrics and parental leave and provide the creation of a federal “Obstetric Insurance Fund” to financially support new parents. NPC MP Ruan cited the idea of premarital fertility checks as entertaining, raising the possibility of a government requiring doctors who provide patients with patients before they can take care in question to inform patients of potential risks.
