briefing meeting scene. Photo by Zhang Yuhuan
China News Service Hangzhou, August 12 (Zhang Yuhuan) In recent years, China's population situation has undergone new changes, the fertility level has been declining year by year, the population growth rate has continued to slow down, and the degree of population aging has continued to deepen. "Don't want to give birth, don't move" seems to have become the "new normal" for some people of childbearing age.
htmlOn the 112th, the media briefing on the "Implementation Opinions on Optimizing Birth Policies to Promote Long-term Balanced Development of the Population" (hereinafter referred to as the "Implementation Opinions") was held in Hangzhou, Zhejiang. The reporter learned that the province has proposed policy measures to optimize births in all aspects, such as including flexible employment personnel in the maternity insurance coverage, improving the level of maternity insurance protection, and vigorously developing a universal childcare service system to promote long-term balanced population development.Associated marriage, childbirth, raising and education,
Sun Zhejun, full-time deputy director of the Social Construction Committee of the Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee, said that although Zhejiang is a province with net population inflow, from the overall and long-term perspective, the population development situation also needs to be taken seriously. In 2021, the natural growth rate of Zhejiang's permanent population was only 1‰, a decrease of 0.29 percentage points compared with 2020.
Against this background, Zhejiang Provincial Development and Reform Commission , together with the Zhejiang Provincial Health Commission and other relevant provincial departments, drafted and formulated the "Implementation Opinions", which comprehensively proposed policy measures to optimize childbirth in all aspects, including "increasing policy incentives, strengthening technical support, and establishing parenting style".
Sun Zhejun said that the "Implementation Opinions" is not only a birth policy, but also a people's livelihood policy. The package of policy measures proposed in the "Implementation Opinions" include marriage, childbirth, nurturing and education, covering all stages of the entire cycle of fertility. It is actually a set of "combination punches". By stimulating the willingness to "birth", solving the problem of "childhood", reducing the burden of "raising", and improving the quality of "education", fully releasing the potential for fertility and actively responding to population aging.
At the same time, in the process of formulating policies, the province focuses on developing supporting measures that are conducive to the birth of three children. "We are not only focusing on the simple changes in the number of children, but also put forward targeted support measures for the expression and implementation of universal fertility intentions." Sun Zhejun said that whether it is for the first, second or third child, it is necessary to achieve corresponding policy dividends and cover them to solve the worries of the people.
Flexible employment personnel are included in the maternity insurance coverage
In order to implement the relevant requirements of the "Implementation Opinions" on supporting eugenics and excellent parenting, the Zhejiang Provincial Medical Insurance Bureau and the Zhejiang Provincial Department of Finance issued the "Notice on Helping "Zhejiang You Good Education" to Promote Eugenics and Excellent Parenting".
Xu Weiwei, member of the Party Leadership Group and Deputy Director of Zhejiang Provincial Medical Insurance Bureau, introduced that the previous maternity insurance coverage in the province only covered employees of government agencies, enterprises and institutions. Women of flexible employment who are flexibly employed can only enjoy a certain amount of reimbursement of fertility medical expenses, and cannot enjoy maternity allowances for fertility period .
"We focus on the pain points of flexible employment personnel temporarily losing labor during childbirth and having no source of income. We have introduced policies for flexible employment personnel to participate in maternity insurance," said Xu Weiwei.
The province has made it clear that from July 1, individual industrial and commercial households, part-time employees and other flexible employment personnel who participate in Zhejiang employee basic medical insurance as in-service employees as in-service employees will participate in maternity insurance simultaneously. During childbirth, they can enjoy the same standards as other insured employees as the same standards as those of other insured employees.
Xu Weiwei introduced that while expanding the coverage of maternity insurance, Zhejiang has further improved the maternity insurance policy , such as unified maternity benefits waiting period, etc., to reduce the burden on infant families.
In addition, the province has also increased support for eugenics and excellent parenting, such as expanding the scope of maternity insurance payments to make the coverage of structural defect examinations during pregnancy wider. In order to effectively alleviate the pain in the delivery process of women with childbirth, Zhejiang also includes analgesic delivery into the maternity insurance payment scope, committed to enhancing the sense of gain of women.
Developing childcare service system and innovating children's health service model
mentions the topic of childbirth. How to reduce the burden of "raising" is a major concern for society.
Hun Yuzhang, a second-level inspector of the Zhejiang Provincial Health Commission, mentioned that after years of hard work, the province's "first-first" public services in the health field have achieved significant results. In 2021, Zhejiang's "infant mortality rate" was 1.77‰, which is at the lowest level in the country and is better than the average level of developed countries. In the next step, Zhejiang will focus on high-quality, inclusive and balanced, and strive to build a new model of "one small" health service.
Hu Yuzhang introduced that many families are worried about the lack of care for infants and young children under the age of 3. In order to understand their worries, the province will vigorously develop childcare, especially the universal childcare service system, and promote five models, including family care, community coordination, social establishment, unit self-built and kindergarten-run nursing classes, supplemented by community stations and family childcare points, to create a convenient and convenient care service circle nearby.
"This work has achieved initial results from scratch. As of the end of July, Zhejiang has built more than 4,800 childcare institutions of various types, with a coverage rate of 80% in townships (streets) childcare institutions, and 3.3 digits per thousand people." Hu Yuzhang said that by 2025, the number of digits per thousand people in the province will reach more than 4.5 to further meet the needs of childcare services.
In terms of strengthening the comprehensive prevention of birth defects, Zhejiang will implement the "8 free and 1 rescue" project in depth, build an integrated prevention and control system for birth defects covering pre-pregnancy, pregnancy and neonatal periods, implement urban-rural coordination in policies, and promote equalization of urban and rural public services in urban and rural areas.
In order to further innovate the children's health service model, the province also proposed to integrate public health service resources of township health centers, build a children's health management center that integrates medical, prevention and care; integrates various types of children's health service personnel, promotes the cultivation of grassroots compound professional talents, and improves the children's health service capabilities of grassroots institutions. In addition, the province will iterate the application of smart childcare to realize the "one-chain" of documents such as birth certificate , vaccination certificate, household registration book, social security card , etc., so that children's health services can be faster and warmer. (End)
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