Should the legal marriage age be lowered?

Editor's Note: Wang Liping, a law professor, has sparked an online debate by proposing in an article that China lower the legal marriage age. Two experts share their views on whether the legal marriage age should be lowered with China Daily's Yao Yuxin. Excerpts follow:

Not so easy to raise the fertility rate

An article written by Wang, a professor of law at Shandong University, in Guangming Daily proposing that China's legal marriage age for men and women be reduced from 22 years and 20 years to 20 and 18 years has sparked controversy online.