China think tank slammed for 'procreation fund' idea

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China think tank slammed for 'procreation fund' idea
Yawen Chen, Ryan Woo

BEIJING (Reuters) - A proposal by two Chinese researchers to force couples with fewer than two children to pay into a “procreation fund” backfired on Friday, with critics calling it a “thoughtless” and “absurd” way to battle the problem of an ageing population.

Since 2016, China has allowed urban couples to have two children, replacing a decades-old one-child policy blamed for falling birth rates and a greying society, but the changes have not ushered in the hoped-for baby boom.

Births in mainland China fell by 3.5 percent last year due to fewer women of fertile age and the growing number of people delaying marriage and pregnancy.

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