HONG KONG: Family planning authorities in the historic Chinese city of Xi'an texted residents this week wishing them 'sweet love, marriage and childbirth', and to create 'good fertility', in a new move to boost the
The message was reported by local media, including on the official Weibo of China Newsweek, and coincided with the Qixi festival on Aug 22, also known as China's Valentine's Day, a traditional holiday celebrating love and romance.
The message was sent by Xi'an's Health Commission and Xi'an's Family Planning Association. Both government departments did not immediately respond to requests for comment."Continue the blood of China and share the important task of rejuvenation," the Weibo post on China Newsweek read. It added that marriage and childbearing should be done at the"right age" but did not give further details.
The message comes as China's government tries to encourage young couples to have children, as an increasing number of women put off having children or opt to have none at all.cite the high cost of childrearing, difficulty in continuing their careers, gender discrimination and not wanting to get married as key factors for not wanting children.
Official rules in China make it hard for single or unmarried women to have children out of wedlock but some provinces like Sichuan in the south-west have started liberalising laws in the past year to boost fertility levels. Concerned about China's first population drop in six decades and its rapidly ageing population, the government's political advisors proposed in March that single and unmarried women should have access to egg freezing and
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