Why should we open the three-child policy?

The national development of the three-child policy is to improve the population structure and implement the national strategy of actively responding to the aging population; It is to maintain the advantage of human resources endowment and cope with the great changes that have never happened in the world in a hundred years; It is to smooth the downward trend of total fertility rate and promote the realization of moderate fertility level; It is to consolidate the achievements of building a well-off society in an all-round way and promote the harmonious coexistence between man and nature.

The Party and the state have always adhered to the comprehensive decision on population and development, scientifically grasped the law of population development, and adhered to the basic national policy of family planning, which has effectively promoted economic development and social progress and laid a solid foundation for building a well-off society in an all-round way. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the CPC Central Committee has attached great importance to the population issue, and made major decisions to gradually adjust and improve the birth policy and promote the long-term balanced development of the population according to the changing situation of China's population, and all the work has achieved remarkable results. At present, it is of great significance to further adapt to the new changes in the population situation and promote the new requirements of high-quality development and implement the three-child birth policy and supporting measures.

It is conducive to maintaining the advantages of human resources endowment and coping with the unprecedented changes in the world for a hundred years. Population is the main body of social development, and it is also the key variable that affects the sustainable development of economy. The implementation of the three-child birth policy and supporting measures is conducive to maintaining a moderate population and labor scale in the future, giving full play to the basic, overall and strategic role of population factors, and providing effective human capital support and domestic demand support for high-quality development.

The conditions for triplets are:

1, the husband and wife have given birth to two children, but if the children are identified as sick and disabled and cannot become normal workers, they can have three children;

2. Couples who are infertile and can have children after adopting two children according to law can have another child;

3. One of the remarried couples has given birth to two children, and the other has not given birth or given birth to one child. If both parties have no children after remarriage, they can have another child;

4. Remarried couples each have a child, and they have a child after remarriage;

5, other circumstances identified by the administrative department of health and family planning of the provincial people's government. The implementation of the policy and supporting measures that a couple can have three children is conducive to improving the national population structure, implementing the national strategy of actively responding to population aging, and maintaining China's human resource endowment advantage.

The reason for opening the three-child policy is to improve the population structure and implement the national strategy of actively responding to the aging population. Aging is a global population development trend, and it is also a major challenge for the development of China. It is predicted that China's population will enter the stage of moderate aging during the "Tenth Five-Year Plan" period and enter the stage of severe aging around 2035, which will have a far-reaching impact on the whole economic operation field, social construction and social culture. The implementation of the three-child birth policy and supporting measures is conducive to releasing the fertility potential, slowing down the process of population aging, promoting intergenerational harmony and enhancing the overall vitality of society.

Nowadays, the low fertility rate has become a global phenomenon. With the development of economy and society, especially the change of lifestyle and fertility concept brought by industrialization and urbanization, the low fertility rate and the resulting declining birthrate and aging will be a common problem faced by all countries in the world.

China also faces such challenges. According to the results of the seventh national census, the total fertility rate of women of childbearing age in China in 2020 is 1.3, which is already at a low level. After the implementation of the universal two-child policy, the fertility level rose briefly, then gradually declined and hovered at a low level.

Generally speaking, the total fertility rate around 1.5 is considered as a "highly sensitive warning line" internationally. Once it falls below 1.5, it may fall into the "low fertility trap".

The reason why triplets should be released is that the current situation of "fewer children and aging" in China is getting more and more severe.

On the other hand, the degree of aging in China is deepening. According to the United Nations classification standard of aging society, China as a whole is close to a moderately aging society. In the foreseeable future, this situation will continue to intensify.

For any economy, the aging of fewer children will profoundly change the population structure, economic resource allocation and national income distribution pattern, and will inevitably affect economic development, social life, public facilities and welfare system.

To be sure, there are more first-born newborns than second-born, and the second-born is more than third-born. In other words, the number of the third child is not as good as that of the second child, and the second child is not as good as the first child. As long as the number of newborns is lower than the number of new elderly people (usually people over 60), aging will continue. The lower the ratio of the former to the latter, the faster the aging. There are many ways to relieve aging. Promoting the increase of newborns is just one of them, and another common method is immigration. China is not an immigrant country in the traditional sense, and it is difficult to become an immigrant country in the future. So we can rule out this way of relieving aging. Therefore, opening the "three-child policy" is a way to alleviate the aging population to a certain extent.

legal ground

Population and family planning law of the peoples Republic of China

Article 18 The State advocates marriage, childbearing and prenatal and postnatal care at appropriate age. A couple can have three children.

Those who meet the requirements stipulated by laws and regulations may ask for another child. Specific measures shall be formulated by the people's congresses of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government or their standing committees. Ethnic minorities should also practice family planning, and the specific measures shall be formulated by the people's congresses of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government or their standing committees. If the provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government where the husband and wife are registered are inconsistent, the principle of benefiting the parties shall apply.

Article 28 People's governments at or above the county level shall comprehensively take measures such as planning, land, housing, finance, finance and talents to promote the establishment of a universal child care service system and improve the accessibility and fairness of family services for infants and young children. The state encourages and guides social forces to set up child care institutions and supports kindergartens, government agencies, enterprises, institutions and communities to provide child care services.

The establishment and service of child care institutions shall conform to the relevant standards and norms of child care services. Nursery institutions shall file with the health department of the people's government at the county level.