Childbearing support measures

Since this year, a series of positive childbearing support measures have been successively promoted in many places, such as granting birth allowance and childcare allowance, and strengthening housing security support.

Among them, Yunnan, Jinan, Shandong, Changsha, Hunan, Shenyang, Liaoning, Harbin, Heilongjiang and other places issued “real money”.

Yunnan Province has issued the Implementation Plan of Yunnan Province’s Fertility Support Project. From January 1, 2023, one-time maternity subsidies will be issued to families eligible for the policy, with the period from January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2025. The Program specifies the subsidy standard, and provides one-time birth subsidies (2000 yuan for the second child and 5000 yuan for the third child), childcare subsidies (800 yuan for the second and third children aged 0-3 years), and subsidies for the participation of infant accidental injury insurance (50 yuan for each child aged 0-3 years) to families eligible for the policy.

In January this year, Jinan City, Shandong Province, issued the “Implementation Plan for Optimizing Fertility Policy and Promoting Long-term and Balanced Population Development in Jinan City”. It is proposed that for families with two or three children born after January 1, 2023 in accordance with the registered residence policy in the city, 600 yuan of childcare subsidies will be paid per child per month, and 200 yuan of childcare subsidies will be paid per month to the minimum living security, special hardship support personnel and women who have children during the period of receiving unemployment insurance benefits, until the child is 3 years old.

Changsha, Hunan Province, issued the Work Plan on Optimizing Fertility Policy and Promoting Long-term and Balanced Population Development in August last year. According to the report, the “Work Plan” innovatively launched a series of “combination boxing” for the benefit of the people to support fertility, with great strength, wide coverage and high standards, which directly pointed to the “pain point” of mass fertility. It is proposed to issue one-time birth allowance. For a local registered residence with three or more children born by both husband and wife according to law, each child with three or more children can enjoy a one-time child care subsidy of 10000 yuan. It is estimated that about 20 million yuan will be invested annually.

Shenyang, Liaoning Province, issued the Implementation Plan for Implementing Positive Fertility Support Measures to Promote the Long-term and Balanced Development of Population. It is proposed that for local registered residence with three children born by both husband and wife in accordance with the law, 500 yuan of childcare subsidy will be given to the three children every month until the child is 3 years old.

The Implementation Plan for Optimizing the Fertility Policy and Promoting the Long-term and Balanced Development of Population in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province. The Implementation Plan clearly stipulates that families who have a second child according to the policy will be given a childcare allowance of 500 yuan per child per month; Families who have a third child according to the policy will be given 1000 yuan of childcare allowance per child per month until the child is 3 years old.

Jinan, Shandong In terms of building a multi-dimensional support system, the Implementation Plan proposes to implement the leave policy for couples who have children in accordance with the regulations. The woman enjoys 158 days of maternity leave, the spouse enjoys no less than 15 days of paternity leave, and the parents of infants under 3 years of age each enjoy no less than 10 days of parental leave each year. For the employee families who have two children in accordance with the national policy and apply for the housing provident fund loan to purchase the first self-housing, the maximum loan limit of the employee families who pay the housing provident fund by one person will be increased to 600000 yuan, and the maximum loan limit of the employee families who pay the housing provident fund by two or more people will be increased to 900000 yuan; For those who have three children and apply for the housing provident fund loan to purchase the first self-housing, the maximum loan limit for one person who pays the housing provident fund will be increased to 600000 yuan, and the maximum loan limit for two or more people who pay the housing provident fund will be increased to 1 million yuan.

Changsha, Hunan According to the Work Plan on Optimizing Fertility Policy and Promoting Long-term and Balanced Development of Population issued by Changsha City, Hunan Province, for couples who meet the statutory fertility conditions, the woman will enjoy 60 days of maternity leave in addition to the national maternity leave, and the man will enjoy 20 days of nursing leave. After the maternity leave expires, the woman can ask for leave until the baby is 1 year old after applying for it and the employer approves it. The treatment during the leave period shall be determined by both parties through negotiation. Couples who give birth according to law will enjoy parental leave (10 days of parental leave each year before their children reach the age of three), and 10 days of parental leave will be added to their children under the age of one. In addition, for families with local registered residence who have two or more children according to law, an additional housing purchase indicator will be added. According to the number of minor children in the family, appropriate care should be given in the selection of household type and other aspects. At the same time, the Work Plan has made clear provisions on protecting the legal rights and interests of women in employment, safeguarding the legal rights and interests of family planning families, and improving the comprehensive support and security system for special family planning families.

Liaoning Shenyang proposed that when allocating public rental housing, families who meet the housing security conditions and have minor children can give priority to the allocation of rent, and appropriate care can be given in terms of the number of minor children in the selection of house type. We will implement the policy of supporting families with more than one child to purchase their own housing. For families with two or three children under the age of 18 who have already owned two houses in Shenyang administrative area, they can purchase another new commercial housing in the restricted purchase area of our city. For those who have two children and three children under the age of 18 who have paid the housing provident fund to the working families and use the housing provident fund loan to purchase their own houses, the loan limit can be relaxed to 1.3 times of the current maximum loan limit.

Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, proposed to improve the housing security policy supporting childbearing. Families with two or more children in the policy should apply for housing provident fund loans, and the continuous deposit time should be reduced to half a year. Families with the second and third children in the policy who buy new houses in 9 urban areas will be given housing subsidies of 15000 yuan and 20000 yuan respectively. The specific subsidy measures will be implemented according to relevant requirements. When allocating public rental housing, families who meet the eligibility conditions for indemnificatory housing in our city, have underage children and have two or more children according to the policy will be included in the priority scope of physical allocation.

Hubei Jingmen proposed to grant housing subsidies to families with two or three children who have purchased the first or improved ordinary housing in Dongbao District, Jingmen High tech Zone, Duodao District, Zhanghe New District and other three districts, at least one of the two spouses is a registered residence of the city. Among them, a one-time subsidy of 20000 yuan will be given to families with two children, and a one-time subsidy of 40000 yuan will be given to families with three children. The required subsidy funds will be included in the financial budget. According to the area of the purchased housing, the city The district finance will bear 50% respectively.

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