Competitive edge of labor lies in quality

SPEAKING TO reporters on Saturday, Wang Peian, vice-minister of the National Health and Family Planning Commission, said the two-child policy is showing "notable results", with the fertility rate expected to rise over the next few years. Gmw.cn commented on Monday:

The full liberalization of the family planning policy to allow all couples to have two children is for the benefit of the whole country, but it seems there is a general feeling that the policy needs to be accompanied by further welfare or benefits to encourage couples to have a second child, due to the cost of raising children.

Although high-income families have adequate resources for raising children, they are also in need of conditions for children to receive good-quality education.