Now China wants to start paying families to have more than one child
The Chinese government is currently considering giving families financial incentives to have a second child in a bid to reach higher birth rate targets.
This marks a dramatic turn around
from more than four decades of the country's one-child policy when there
were harsh penalties for having more than one, including fines and
forced abortions.
Wang Peian, the
vice-minister of the National Health and Family Planning Commission
(NHFPC), said the commission is considering "birth rewards and
subsidies" for second children. Wang made the announcement on Saturday during a meeting of the China Social Welfare Academy, a Chinese NGO that works closely with the government.
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