A small city of 1.2 million people in Southwest China’s Sichuan province has become the first jurisdiction in China to offer a cash incentive to families to have two or three more children after the country announced a third-child policy to boost population numbers.
Local authorities in Panzhihua said at a press conference Wednesday that families who give birth to a second or third child from June 12 will be granted a subsidy of 500 yuan ($77.40) per month until the child is aged 3. This means that for each child, families will receive a total subsidy of 18,000 yuan.
The subsidy will go to parents who have local household registrations, or “hukou,” and have been registered in the local social insurance system, authorities said. The second and third children will also be required to hold a local hukou in Panzhihua.
