Encourage childbearing for a better future

Editor's note: Some demographers have advocated that more policies be introduced to reverse the low birth rate. Has China indeed reached the stage where fertility needs to be boosted? And how should China deal with the aging population? Three experts share their views on the issues with China Daily's Liu Jianna. Excerpts follow:

Need to raise fertility rate

Li Jianmin, a professor at the Institute of Population and Development, Nankai University