Flexible working hours: How the authorities plan to increase birthrates

April 25, 2021, Fuyang, Anhui, China: A newborn baby is seen being cared for in the ward of the hospital neonatal care center..The results of the seventh national census of China will be released soon, and some institutions predict that the birth rate will be lower than the death rate for the first time. Fuyang China - ZUMAs197 20210425_zaa_s197_005 Copyright: xSheldon Cooperx

Flexible job offers are intended to encourage women to have more children. The new program is part of a range of measures the People's Republic takes to counteract its aging society.

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