Foreign media: China has introduced a new national child-rearing subsidy policy aimed at encouraging couples to have more children to address low birth rates and an aging population.
However, many parents believe that the subsidy amount (3,600 yuan per year for each child under three years old) is far from sufficient to cover the cost of raising children, such as the continuously rising prices of baby diapers and infant formula, with monthly basic childcare expenses reaching nearly 4,000 yuan.
Therefore, this subsidy policy is unlikely to change many families' plans for having children. Experts point out that China needs to take bolder reform measures to reduce the cost of raising children in order to effectively increase the birth rate.
Original article: www.toutiao.com/article/1841328132364296/
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