May 15, 2022 is the 29th International Day of families. Under the guidance of the Department of population monitoring and family development of the National Health Commission and the Family Service Department of the China Family Planning Association, China family newspaper hosted the theme publicity activity of "healthy family and fertility friendship" and "international family day" in 2022.
The purpose of the activity is to implement the requirements of the decision of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council on optimizing Fertility Policies and promoting long-term balanced population development, promote long-term balanced population development, build a fertility friendly environment and promote China's economic development and social progress.
From love to marriage, where are young people stuck
Recently, civil affairs departments in many parts of the country have successively released marriage registration data in 2021. One noteworthy phenomenon is that the average age of first marriage is generally delayed. For example, in 2021, the average age of first marriage in Anhui Province exceeded 30, 31.89 for men and 30.73 for women; In 2021, the average age of first marriage in Jiangsu Province was 27.29 years old, including 28 years old for men and 26.52 years old for women. Compared with 2020, the average age of first marriage for men was slightly delayed. Accordingly, some experts said that the marriage and love confusion of young people has become a social problem that can not be ignored.
Qi Dahui, chairman of the professional committee of parent education of Beijing Education Association, agreed with this confusion. He said, "In recent years, there has been a phenomenon of marriage and childbirth that 'love but not marriage, marriage but not birth, birth but not teaching, and teaching but not working'. These have seriously affected the number of people and the structure of families, and are comprehensive social environment and family cultural problems accumulated for a long time. Young people need to learn and grow how to find a suitable lifelong partner and how to manage their emotional life. Therefore, family education in marriage and childbirth is very important."
According to Zhang Xiaobing, deputy director and associate researcher of the Institute of youth development of China Youth Research Center, to reduce young people's confusion and even fear of marriage, we should start from three aspects. First, we should strengthen the education of the concept of marriage and love. On the one hand, marriage education should be incorporated into the education system of colleges and universities to guide young people to establish a rational and healthy view of marriage and love. On the other hand, parents should be guided to respect their children's marriage choices. Second, help young people solve practical difficulties in marriage and love. Third, promote a more equal social and family environment.
"Marriage has changed from a 'mandatory option' stipulated in the past life to an 'optional option' decided independently. Therefore, in the future, the policy direction should more support youth career development, especially to ensure women's employment equity and promote the common development of young people's marriage, childbirth and work." Mao Fuyan, deputy director and professor of population and development research center of Capital University of economics and trade, suggested.
For the confusion of young people about marriage and childbirth, Ni Zijun, deputy director of the Management Committee of the social psychological service research center of the school of Social Sciences of Tsinghua University, further said that it is very important to manage the marriage relationship at a low cost after entering the marriage to build a happy and harmonious family. She suggested, "in the process of communication, if conflict cannot be avoided, it is very important to find a way to solve the conflict, pay attention to body language, intonation and expression content, and use the correct way to communicate."
Explore a new path of fertility friendship in the family scene
"Unable to afford birth" and "difficult to enter nursery school" are also important reproductive puzzles faced by young groups.
In this regard, Zhang Wei, the second level inspector of the women's Department of the all China Federation of trade unions, said that the all China Federation of trade unions focused on the concerns of employees and was doing a good job in the nursing service of employers through the preparation of guidance manual for creating a family friendly workplace and other measures. She introduced that in the next step, the all China Federation of trade unions will promote the national trade unions at all levels to carry out the pilot work of childcare services, solve the problems of policy support and financial support from many aspects, and promote the creation of "six friendly" family friendly workplaces.
"From a national perspective, at present, some areas have carried out the pilot work of childcare services, and childcare services have shown a good trend of vigorous development. For example, some cities, counties and districts have set up comprehensive childcare service institutions, communities have built childcare service facilities, qualified kindergartens have set up nursery classes, families have carried out mutual care, and the workplace has provided welfare infant care services." Chen Chen, deputy director of the family Department of the population and family Department of the National Health Commission, introduced.
She Yu, a first-class researcher of the social and Cultural Development Research Department of the development research center of the State Council, believes that we should solve the reproductive confusion of young people and expand Family Parenting guidance, support and other services; The policy system should strive to comprehensively promote the construction of childcare institutions, expand the supply of resources, implement the maternity and paternity leave policies, improve the institutional arrangements for parental leave and flexible work, and expand the coverage of maternity insurance.
"The China Family Planning Association is exploring ways to provide more eugenics and child care services that meet the needs of different people in the family scenario. It has carried out the action of eugenics and child care into thousands of families and launched the implementation of the 'sunflower plan' and the demonstration project of infant care services." Liu Xiuping, Minister of the Family Service Department of the China Family Planning Association, introduced the efforts made in promoting the construction of a fertility friendly society, and said that in the next step, the China Family Planning Association will also make efforts to expand the scope of services and improve the quality of services.
According to Cui Fuqiang, head of the Department of health laboratory and director of the vaccine research and evaluation center of the school of public health of Peking University, the construction of a fertility friendly social environment system is also an important measure to solve the fertility confusion of young people. He finally suggested that the public should enhance their awareness and trust in the combined vaccine, and the government should also encourage the research and development of multi linked and multivalent vaccine, improve relevant policies and regulations, assist the development of combined vaccine and meet the needs of different family types, so as to better ensure the construction of a fertility friendly social environment system.