Addressing Declining Birth Rates and Adapting to an Aging Population

Key Measures for High-Quality Demographic Development

Jiao Hong, vice chairman of the Chinese Peasants and Workers Democratic Party and a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, highlighted crucial measures to promote high-quality demographic development in China.

With declining birth rates, Jiao emphasized the need to strengthen fertility supportive policies and align them with social security, education, healthcare, housing, and employment.

Boosting affordable nursery care services: Lowering operation costs of institutions and increasing the number of affordable slots.

Ensuring their rights and income during childbearing years.

Implementing supportive policies in mega cities with low birth rates, particularly regarding household registration and preferential housing.

Jiao also stressed the importance of deepening reforms and innovations in education and healthcare to elevate the overall quality of the population and maximize human resource utilization.

To address the rapidly aging population, she advocated for boosting elderly care services, increasing consumption willingness among the elderly, and developing the "silver economy."

Jiao concluded by emphasizing the need for national strategies in rural vitalization, urbanization, and regional coordinated development to adapt to the evolving demographic structure and quality.