The chapter analyses the demographic consequences of Beijing abandoning ts infamous ‘One-Child Policy’ in her Chapter “Chinese Population Policies: Towards a Free Choice”. Revising China’s ‘One-Child Policy’ was indeed very necessary against the background of a rapidly shrinking working population. The number of Chinese citizens over 60 years old today has reached 132 million and the number will climb to roughly 400 million in 2040. By the middle of this century, the author writes, China will have one of the oldest populations on the planet with a very high old-age-dependency ratio. As a consequence, the Chinese government has begun experimenting with the ‘Two-Child Policy’,although it remains yet to be seen whether this new policy can in the years ahead address China’s demographic problems quickly and efficiently enough.

Farina, P. (2017). Chinese Population Policies: Towards a Free Choice. In S. Beretta, A. Berkofsky, L. Zhang (a cura di), Understanding China Today - An Exploration of Politics, Economics, Society, and International Relations (pp. 211-221). Springer International Publishing [10.1007/978-3-319-29625-8_12].

Chinese Population Policies: Towards a Free Choice

FARINA, PATRIZIA
2017

Abstract

The chapter analyses the demographic consequences of Beijing abandoning ts infamous ‘One-Child Policy’ in her Chapter “Chinese Population Policies: Towards a Free Choice”. Revising China’s ‘One-Child Policy’ was indeed very necessary against the background of a rapidly shrinking working population. The number of Chinese citizens over 60 years old today has reached 132 million and the number will climb to roughly 400 million in 2040. By the middle of this century, the author writes, China will have one of the oldest populations on the planet with a very high old-age-dependency ratio. As a consequence, the Chinese government has begun experimenting with the ‘Two-Child Policy’,although it remains yet to be seen whether this new policy can in the years ahead address China’s demographic problems quickly and efficiently enough.
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China, population policy
English
Understanding China Today - An Exploration of Politics, Economics, Society, and International Relations
Beretta, S; Berkofsky, A; Zhang, L
2017
978-3-319-29624-1
Springer International Publishing
211
221
Farina, P. (2017). Chinese Population Policies: Towards a Free Choice. In S. Beretta, A. Berkofsky, L. Zhang (a cura di), Understanding China Today - An Exploration of Politics, Economics, Society, and International Relations (pp. 211-221). Springer International Publishing [10.1007/978-3-319-29625-8_12].
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