BEIJING - Finding ways to boost China’s falling fertility rate is likely to dominate discussions as delegates of the country’s top political advisory body meet over the next week, with proposals ranging from free medical treatments for children aged under six, to allowing single women to freeze their eggs, after the country’s population fell last year for the first time in six decades. Read more at straitstimes.com.
BEIJING - Finding ways to boost China’s falling fertility rate is likely to dominate discussions as delegates of the country’s top political advisory body meet over the next week, with proposals ranging from free medical treatments for children aged under six, toafter the country’s population fell last year for the first time in six decades.
China’s full annual parliamentary meetings, comprising the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and the legislature assembly, the National People’s Congress, kick off this weekend. Delegates told The Straits Times after the opening ceremony on Saturday that besides trying to find ways to encourage more births, they want to focus on issues such as poverty alleviation and environmental conservation.
Dr Hua Yawei, a delegate from Henan province in central China who suggested last year that single women should be allowed to give birth to one child, said that he also hopes to propose ideas on how to protect the environment better.
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