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Chen Songxi: It is suggested that the legal age for marriage be raised to 18.

February 24, on the eve of the 2025 National Two Sessions, the reporter obtained his proposal for this year’s National Two Sessions from Chen Songqi, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, one of which is the “Proposal on Relaxing Population Birth Constraints and Building a Marriage and Childbirth Incentive System”. In order to avoid the occurrence of ultra-low fertility patterns and alleviate the serious structural imbalance that the Chinese population will face, Chen Songqi’s team put forward the following suggestions: lower the legal age of marriage and increase the base of the childbearing population. At present, the legal age of marriage in China is 22 years old for men and 20 years old for women, which is a product of the family planning era. China’s legal age of marriage is the highest in the world, and the international legal age of marriage is generally not more than 18 years old. It is proposed to adjust the legal age of marriage to 18 years old to increase the base of the childbearing population and release the fertility potential.

Implement fertility incentive policies and seize the golden window period of 2025-2035. In view of the lower than expected results of the current measures to encourage urban populations to have children, it is recommended that more diverse and stronger incentives be introduced throughout the country, including in rural areas, such as monthly cash grants and medical support for each child up to a certain age. Some policies have limited effect in urban areas, but they are expected to have an impact in rural areas. From 2025 to 2035, the number of women of childbearing age in China will stabilize at 290 million ~ 310 million.

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