NANNING air jordan 12 dark grey , Dec. 22 (Xinhua) -- With the easing of the one-child policy across China resulting in disappointing results, experts are urging the government to fully lift the restrictions to counteract the countries' aging population.


Last week, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences noted that the demographic dividend has gradually diminished since 2010, despite new rules that allow couples to have a second child if either is an only child.


According to the report, the fertility rate is 1.4, close to the "low fertility trap" international standard, which is 1.3.


"History shows that no country that slips into this trap returns to the replacement level," according to Cai Fang jordan 12 dark grey release , who co-compiled the academy's report.


Cai said the easing of the one-child policy would not make much of a difference and called on the government to lift all restrictions, "the sooner, the better".


DISAPPOINTING POLICY


As a graying China encourages its residents to have more babies, a large number of couples are giving the policy the cold shoulder.


Zhang Long, a civil servant in Beijing and a father of a 4-year-old, said he and his wife had decided against a second child, considering the "expense needed to support one more child."


The government lightened its one-child policy, allowing a second child if either parent is an only child jordan 12 dark grey 2017 , after the third plenary session of the 18th CPC Central Committee in November 2013, though the new rules have seen a lackluster take up, as many young couples feel pressured by work and living costs.


Of the country's 11 million couples eligible for a second child, only 800,000 -- roughly one in every 14 people -- had applied to do so by the end of this September, the latest statistics from the National Health and Family Planning Commission showed.


According to a November survey by China Youth Daily, of the 2,052 respondents jordan 12 dark grey for sale , about 58 percent had not applied due to the "high economic costs", with "too much time needed" and "it was enough to have only one child" as the next choices.


Other reasons included "the view on childbearing has changed", "the application procedure is complicated", and "women have to sacrifice too much [with a second child]".


That trend has fueled concerns among experts, with many saying the partial loosening of the policy will do little to offset disappearing demographic dividend.


MORE OPEN POLICY NEEDED


According to Cai's research, the second-child policy will help balance China's demographic structure in the long run, as it will increase the working population.


"While the shift of the current policy is important, the authorities should track fertility rates so adjustment to the policy can be made accordingly jordan 12 dark grey pre order ," Cai added.


If the population policy is not reformed, the future population growth rate will probably be less than 4 percent by 2050, which will threaten the current trend of a fast-growing economy, said Lu Yang, co-author of the report.


China's central authorities, however, remain cautious, with the National Health and Family Planning Commission repeatedly saying that there was no timeline for further changes to the second-child policy.


But even if China further lifted controls on its birth rate jordan 12 retro dark grey , the fertility rate will not increase drastically, as China is on its way to an aging society, according to the report.


"It is true that the population policy will affect the fertility rate, but the decrease of birth rate is an irreversible trend, since the fertility desire of the people wanes," Lu said.


WELLINGTON, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- New Zealand's fuel industry is "cautiously optimistic" as the pipeline disruption situation continues to improve, Energy and Resources Minister Judith Collins said on Monday.


"With the pipeline successfully repaired jordan 12s dark grey , the first 2 million liter batch of jet fuel is on track to arrive at Auckland Airport late tonight, subject to necessary settling and testing," Collins said in a statement.


Planes are expected to be fuelled using this supply from the early hours of Tuesday morning, and another 5 million liters should be available through the pipeline from Wednesday, Collins said.


The disruption arising from the Marsden Point fuel pipeline outage started about two weeks ago, which resulted in jet fuel shortage lasting for 10 days in Auckland, the country's largest city, and a great number of cancelled flights.


The amount of fuel being trucked from Marsden Point refinery jordan 12 dark grey , about 140 km from central Auckland, to the Auckland Airport continues to increase, with 184,000 liters expected to be delivered on Monday, which is more than twice the amount delivered on Friday, she said.


More jet fuel should be available from Wednesday, with trucks transporting stocks stored at Wynyard Wharf in Auckland, the minister said Mens Air Jordan 12 Retro Dark Grey 130690-005 For Sale , adding that the New Zealand Defense Force will be providing expert support around the use of their fuel filter that has been provided at Wynyard.


"Industry remains cautiously optimistic but there's still plenty of work to do," she said, adding that flights in and out of Auckland Airport are continuing to look very much like business as usual, with only four international flight cancellations on Monday, and no domestic flights have been cancelled.


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