Hengshan Township, Hsinchu County increased the distribution of maternity allowances. The head of the township, Zhang Zhihong (2nd from the right), together with the chairman of the representative committee, Gu Yuming (4th from the right), and the vice chairman, Peng Changzhi (1st from the right), sent out the first tranche of 30,000 yuan maternity allowance .

(Photo by reporter Huang Meizhu)

[Reporter Huang Meizhu/Hsinchu Report] Hengshan Township, Hsinchu County has increased maternity allowances. Babies born on New Year’s Day this year will receive a nutritional allowance of 30,000 yuan per child to reward villagers for giving birth. This is not only the highest amount among the 13 towns and cities in the county , even higher than the number of single births in the county government.

Township head Zhang Zhihong went to Tianyang Street, Tianliao Village, this township together with Chairman Gu Mingming and Vice Chairman Peng Changzhi this morning to visit fellow villager Peng Boyang, who was awarded a daughter on New Year’s Day, and distributed the aforementioned 30,000 yuan newborn nutrition allowance. Celebrate the arrival of the first baby in Hengshan in 2023.

The Social Affairs Department of the county government stated that except for Jianshi and Wufeng 2 Yuan Township Offices in 13 townships and cities in Hsinchu County, there is no maternity allowance.

As for the newborn nutrition subsidy given by the county government, 10,000 yuan is given for the first birth, 20,000 yuan for the second birth, 50,000 yuan for the third birth, 100,000 yuan for more than 3 births, and 30,000 yuan for twins.

Baoshan Township also has a policy of awarding 50,000 yuan to twins.

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Zhang Zhihong said that the population of Hengshan Township in December last year was 12,212, compared with the population of 14,013 in the same period 10 years ago, a decrease of 1,801 people. The population reduction in the past 10 years has reached 12.9%.

According to statistics from the Hengshan Household Registry Office in December last year, a total of 19 people died in the township, but there were only 3 newborns. The number of deaths was more than 6 times that of births!

Coupled with the limited job opportunities in the countryside, the problems of population loss, aging and population decline are becoming more and more serious, so the above-mentioned policies have been released.

In order to reward folks for giving birth, the office and representatives will have a consensus that, based on 70 newborns per year, a yearly budget of 2.1 million will be added to reward giving birth.

That is to say, starting from New Year's Day this year, as long as one of the parents of a newborn baby in Hengshan goes back to the birth date of the newborn and registered in Hengshan for one year, they can submit relevant forms and receive a maternity allowance of 30,000 yuan within 3 months. And not rich.

In addition, those who give birth to the second child and those who have twins can each receive 60,000 yuan, and those who give birth to the third child can receive 120,000 yuan.

Zhang Zhihong said that this is to share the burden of raising children in the villagers, so the self-raised funds are distributed, and the amount of maternity allowance is the highest among the 13 townships and cities in the county.

In line with the central government's "0-6-year-old national raising together" policy, the amount of childcare allowances is increased, and the county government subsidizes students' nutritious lunches. Hengshan Township also invests 800,000 yuan a year in subsidizing students to buy textbooks to reduce the financial pressure on young families.