Seeing that there are still quite a few cultural bloggers discussing the number of newborns in 2025, which is over 7 million. The population is significantly lower than expected, which will have far-reaching effects: enrollment, schools, housing prices, as well as the pension system and retirement amounts that are directly related to everyone. The sharp decline in population and the acceleration of aging are undeniably caused by family planning policies.
Family planning, is it ultimately a beneficial or harmful policy? Why was this issue hardly discussed ten years ago? I believe it is because its impact is long-term, delayed, but extremely profound. As a post-95 generation, once the concept of childbirth is reshaped, it is difficult to reverse.
When I was young, I often heard in the village that the implementation of family planning was very cruel: forced abortions, forced sterilizations, with no human rights at all. The problem and the reason lie in China's long-term highly centralized governance.
The reason for this policy back then was: based on considerations of resources and development stages, fearing that population growth would be too fast for the country to bear. But looking back now, this is actually a serious misjudgment of Chinese history and population structure.
To this day, it is our generation that is still bearing the consequences. If we must talk about the "benefits" of family planning, it may be that middle-class families only have one child, with resources highly concentrated, and parents doing their utmost to support one child, which may be a good thing for a small number of middle-class descendants. But from a societal perspective, it is clearly more harmful than beneficial. This point has already been reflected in the current policy changes: now we are lowering the marriage threshold and encouraging three children, making up for it, urging us: hurry up and get married, have babies~ and the reality is very direct: can't afford to raise them, housing prices are high.
Last question: 🐮 Year of the Ox, are you planning to have a "little ox"? 😄
Family planning, is it ultimately a beneficial or harmful policy? Why was this issue hardly discussed ten years ago? I believe it is because its impact is long-term, delayed, but extremely profound. As a post-95 generation, once the concept of childbirth is reshaped, it is difficult to reverse.
When I was young, I often heard in the village that the implementation of family planning was very cruel: forced abortions, forced sterilizations, with no human rights at all. The problem and the reason lie in China's long-term highly centralized governance.
The reason for this policy back then was: based on considerations of resources and development stages, fearing that population growth would be too fast for the country to bear. But looking back now, this is actually a serious misjudgment of Chinese history and population structure.
To this day, it is our generation that is still bearing the consequences. If we must talk about the "benefits" of family planning, it may be that middle-class families only have one child, with resources highly concentrated, and parents doing their utmost to support one child, which may be a good thing for a small number of middle-class descendants. But from a societal perspective, it is clearly more harmful than beneficial. This point has already been reflected in the current policy changes: now we are lowering the marriage threshold and encouraging three children, making up for it, urging us: hurry up and get married, have babies~ and the reality is very direct: can't afford to raise them, housing prices are high.
Last question: 🐮 Year of the Ox, are you planning to have a "little ox"? 😄