According to Taiwan media reports on March 18, Taiwan has been "worse than dead" for two consecutive years. The number of births and the number of marriages in 2021 have both reached record lows, and the fertility rate has declined for seven consecutive years. Cross-party "legislators" yesterday called on Taiwan Administrative agencies should establish a special agency responsible for reducing the birthrate as soon as possible. In this regard, administrative agency spokesman Luo Bingcheng said that Su Zhenchang has "personally planned" countermeasures related to the declining birthrate.
Taiwan’s fertility rate has dropped repeatedly in recent years, and policies promoted by administrative agencies have failed to be effective. The "Child Welfare Alliance" yesterday invited the Kuomintang "legislator" Chiang Wanan, the Democratic Progressive Party "legislator" Luo Meiling, and the People's Party "legislator" Qiu Chenyuan In joint initiatives with Gao Hongan, "Shili Legislator" Wang Wanyu and others, "Child Welfare Alliance Secretary-General" Bai Lifang said that Taiwan's response plan to low birthrate has not been effective, and called on the authorities to establish a dedicated agency to comprehensively improve the "national security crisis" of low birthrate. .
Jiang Wanan said that the number of newborns in Taiwan has been declining year by year since 2016. Last year, there were only 153,820 newborns. The issue of childbirth has become a "national security issue"; hundreds of billions (NT$, The same below) budget, but the number of births is still decreasing every year. To improve the phenomenon of low birthrate, we must fully understand the causes of late marriage or infertility, and call for strengthening cross-ministerial lateral contact and communication.
Luo Meiling believes that administrative agencies should refer to Japan’s establishment of the Department of Children and Families “directly under the Prime Minister of the Cabinet” and shift the policy from promotion to cultivation to drive the birth rate model, and use a dedicated agency to combat Taiwan’s low birthrate problem, so that Taiwan’s annual number of newborns can be restored to at least Around 200,000 people. Qiu Chenyuan said that the main reason for not getting married and having children is high housing prices, but the administrative agencies have been slow to introduce the housing tax, which is treating the symptoms rather than the root cause.
