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One child policy tightened |
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Newman Huo |
PREMIER Zhu
Rongji recently signed the State Council No. 357 Order,
publicizing the Social Upbringing Fee Collection
Regulations.
According to the new regulations that
take effect on September 1, Chinese citizens who have had more
than one child, violating the relevant regulations on
population and family planning, will have to pay social
upbringing fees for the extra child.
The newly revised
Guangdong Provincial Population and Family Planning Provision
has clarified regulations regarding the collection of
fees in urban and rural regions in Guangdong
Province.
According to an official of the Shenzhen
Municipal Family Planning Office, who declined to be
identified, the standard social upbringing fee would be
collected once only.
It would be calculated on the basis of
three times the average annual salary where one parent was
employed and six times that where both parents were employed.
The figures are arrived at using the previous year's salary
figures.
A Shenzhen Municipal Statistics Bureau official
said the average disposable income of Shenzhen's urban
residents last year was 23,544 yuan.
This means that for a
couple who have had another child in violation of the
regulations, they would have to pay at least 141,264 (23,544 x
6) yuan.
With extra children, the figure multiplies
accordingly.
"Of course, this is just an example. When the
relevant rules are actually carried out, we will take into
consideration the average disposable personal income of urban
residents in the six different districts of Shenzhen, and the
actual income level of the residents concerned," the official
said.
The new provincial regulations have added measures
concerning the collection of social upbringing fees from
high-income residents.
Those whose actual income is above
the average disposable personal income of urban residents in
the county, city or district over the previous year, need to
pay not only the fee based on the average income, but also an
additional fee based on their actual income.
For instance, if the average disposable personal income of
urban residents in the county, city or district is 10,000
yuan, a fee of 30,000 yuan per child is levied.
However, a
wealthy person might make 1,000,000 yuan per year. This person
is said to have a disposable income of 990,000 yuan and must
pay one to two times that amount in social upbring
fees.
So, the wealthy person would be charged
1,020,000 (30,000 + 990,000) yuan to 2,010,000 (30,000 +
1,980,000) yuan per child.
Another aspect of the
regulations is that paying the social upbringing fees does not
exempt the people concerned from the administrative penalties
in the organizations where they work.
"Family planning, as
one of our basic national policies, is an issue that concerns
every family," the official said.
"We understand people
now are very concerned with the new policies.
"But we must
stress that the final right of explanation of the new
provincial regulations lies with Guangdong Provincial People's
Congress and Guangdong Provincial Family Planning Committee,"
the official said.
Shuang Jun, a lawyer with Guangdong's
Sincerity and Fairness Law Office, expressed his support for
the new regulations.
"The new regulations really reflect
the social, economic and judicial progress of our country over
the past years.
"To regulate family planning with law will
standardize our national basic policy. It will be beneficial
for the long-term social stability of China.
"Especially,
the new regulations on high-income residents fully represent
the principle of social justice and fairness," he said.One
child policy tightened
Newman Huo
PREMIER Zhu Rongji
recently signed the State Council No. 357 Order, publicizing
the Social Upbringing Fee Collection Regulations.
According to the new regulations that take effect on
September 1, Chinese citizens who have had more than one
child, violating the relevant regulations on population and
family planning, will have to pay social upbringing fees for
the extra child.
The newly revised Guangdong Provincial
Population and Family Planning Provision has clarified
regulations regarding the collection of fees in urban and
rural regions in Guangdong Province.
According to an
official of the Shenzhen Municipal Family Planning Office, who
declined to be identified, the standard social upbringing fee
would be collected once only.
It would be calculated on the
basis of three times the average annual salary where one
parent was employed and six times that where both parents were
employed. The figures are arrived at using the previous year's
salary figures.
A Shenzhen Municipal Statistics Bureau
official said the average disposable income of Shenzhen's
urban residents last year was 23,544 yuan.
This means that
for a couple who have had another child in violation of
the regulations, they would have to pay at least 141,264
(23,544 x 6) yuan.
With extra children, the figure
multiplies accordingly.
"Of course, this is just an
example. When the relevant rules are actually carried out, we
will take into consideration the average disposable personal
income of urban residents in the six different districts of
Shenzhen, and the actual income level of the residents
concerned," the official said.
The new provincial
regulations have added measures concerning the collection of
social upbringing fees from high-income residents.
Those
whose actual income is above the average disposable personal
income of urban residents in the county, city or district over
the previous year, need to pay not only the fee based on the
average income, but also an additional fee based on their
actual income.
For instance, if the average
disposable personal income of urban residents in the county,
city or district is 10,000 yuan, a fee of 30,000 yuan per
child is levied.
However, a wealthy person might make
1,000,000 yuan per year. This person is said to have a
disposable income of 990,000 yuan and must pay one to two
times that amount in social upbring fees.
So, the
wealthy person would be charged 1,020,000 (30,000 + 990,000)
yuan to 2,010,000 (30,000 + 1,980,000) yuan per child.
Another aspect of the regulations is that paying the
social upbringing fees does not exempt the people concerned
from the administrative penalties in the organizations where
they work.
"Family planning, as one of our basic national
policies, is an issue that concerns every family," the
official said.
"We understand people now are very
concerned with the new policies.
"But we must stress that
the final right of explanation of the new provincial
regulations lies with Guangdong Provincial People's Congress
and Guangdong Provincial Family Planning Committee," the
official said.
Shuang Jun, a lawyer with Guangdong's
Sincerity and Fairness Law Office, expressed his support for
the new regulations.
"The new regulations really reflect
the social, economic and judicial progress of our country over
the past years.
"To regulate family planning with law will
standardize our national basic policy. It will be beneficial
for the long-term social stability of China.
"Especially,
the new regulations on high-income residents fully represent
the principle of social justice and fairness," he said. |
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