China Opens To Three-Child Policy. Is It Too Late?

Kids are a blessing to parents. But they are too tired to enjoy it.

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We all knew it would come. Still, it came as a surprise on the last day of May 2021.

It’s really fast.

The first one, “One Child Policy” stayed for 34 years (1980-2014). The second, “Two-child Policy”, 5 years (2015 -2020).

How long is this one’s life, “Three-child Policy”, before the government says “Okay, have kids as many as you want”?

Then the “Max-child Policy”? It will say, by law, you must have as many kids as you can. No more“you want”, but “you must”. It will come, be prepared. Because there are still places on this planet where the government is the law. I am not proud of it, nor surprised.

The fact is, the number of newborns in China in 2020 was 10million, 15% down from 2019. In 2016, the number was nearly 17 million. (I only have a basic account at statista.com. I can’t show you the charts here:))

35% drop in 5 years.

Needless to say, it’s a shoutout to Chinese millennials and Gen Zs. So you want more freedom and benefits? Here you go. Says the government.

How are they embracing this？