Building a Family-Friendly Society

摘要

Xiong Yue has made up her mind not to have a second child.“It’s too energy-consuming and my family has reached a consensus not to have another kid,”the 33-year-old stay-at-home mother of a 2-year-old in Shenzhen,Guangdong Province,said.Young people’s willingness to have children is declining in China.According to a press conference held by the National Health Commission in January,the number of children that the surveyed women of childbearing age planned to have on average was 1.76,1.73,and 1.64 in 2017,2019 and 2021,respectively.