With its population in decline, China is helping Chinese couples beat the odds of infertility with subsidies and other perks. Read more at straitstimes.com.
BEIJING – It was a cold and overcast morning in November, but one full of promise for Ms Guo Meiyan and her husband: They would finally get a chance to start a family.
They are among hundreds of thousands of Chinese couples who turn to assisted reproductive technology every year after exhausting other options to get pregnant. They travel from all corners of China to big cities such as Beijing in the hopes of beating the odds of infertility. Many wait in long lines outside hospitals before sunrise, just for the possibility of a consultation.
As fewer babies are born each year and China’s oldest people live longer, the government is being forced to tackle a series of connected challenges – a shrinking labour force, a fledgling pension system and a generation of young people who aren’t interested in having babies. But even as there is a clear demand for fertility services, Mr Lin said, the number of patients visiting the hospital is lower each year.This is the single biggest challenge facing China as it tries to reverse its falling birthrate.
While experts say it would be nearly impossible for China’s population to start growing again, the country could keep its birth rate steady. Making assisted reproductive technologies accessible to more people would help, just as it has helped in wealthier countries such as Denmark, said Ayo Wahlberg, an anthropologist at the University of Copenhagen.
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