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[–] snoons@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

“The sums involved are too small to have a near-term impact on the birth rate or consumption,” said Zichun Huang, China economist at Capital Economics. “But the policy does mark a major milestone in terms of direct handouts to households and could lay the groundwork for more fiscal transfers in future.”

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago

Doubt it's convincing anyone, but at least it helps people already having babies.