‘What Are Supportive Measures?’ China's New 3-child Policy Draws Scepticism
China’s decision to allow families to have up to three children was met with scepticism on Tuesday, with doubts expressed on social media whether it would make much difference, and calls for details on what promised “supportive measures” will include. The major policy shift will include supportive measures “conducive to improving our country’s population structure,” the official Xinhua news agency said. The Xinhua readout from Monday’s Politburo meeting chaired by President Xi Jinping said that in conjunction with the new policy China would lower educational costs, step up tax and housing support and guarantee the legal interests of working women, but did not give specifics. He said this week that China would need to spend about 5% of GDP, compared with “practically 0% now”, in cash, tax breaks, housing subsidies, day care and other incentives in order to get the fertility rate up to about 1.6, and expects the government soon to step up building day-care centres and kindergartens.
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