China population: 3 million foreign nannies could boost births by 200,000, save families US$30 billion

[MH.Yang]

Those who support foreign nanny got to ask themselves whether they want to bring foreign nanny salary up to CNY 15k per month, or bring China nanny salary to CNY3500 per month.

3500CNY? That price can only hire hourly workers on a monthly basis.

My Chinese nanny's monthly income is 6400CNY. My family is in Zhuzhou, Hunan, a third tier city. The income of Chinese nannies in first tier cities will only far exceed this price.
The price of Filipino nannies is very stable, and the price of each company is about the same, 5000CNY or 6000HKD.

Filipino nannies are much more cost-effective. The reason why most people don't choose Filipino nannies is not because of price, but because of distrust.

 

[casual]

In Chinese families, usually it's grandparents that help with child care. Of course, nannies help.

 

[zhxy]

in 2023, SCMP will publish content:

China population: 3 million men from abroad can help China increase the birth rate and create more Olympic athletes in the future.

 

[waz]

Bad idea. Look at the girls of Singapore who have unfettered access to nannies from poor neighbouring countries. They are completely spoiled, ungrounded to the point of schizophrenic.

The moment you ask Singapore girls wipe old parent backside, she will freak out and start throwing tantrums, start shouting. While the boys who went conscription are more pliable for dirty jobs.

Today without nanny a lot of Singapore family will breakdown. Women will go on strike not having babies.

Women should be trained from the young that housework is a duty. Look at Vietnam girls. No matter how beautiful or how rich, they all do housework.

Vietnamese girls proper feminine.

 

[FuturePAF]

China should look at the data coming in from the US from 2021. Fertility rose enough in 1 year to reverse the decline of the two prior years. Work and school from home made a big difference, especially for women under 25.

If the government supports young people to get married and get their first apartment and helps women train and work remote for the first few years, it’s possible they could have 1 more child in their lives they they would have had otherwise.

Then 5-6 years later, as they move up the income ladder, they could then afford a second.

In this way China could at least stabilize its population or show down the population decline.

Another factor has to be opening up investment properties to be rented if not in use as well as at an affordable price. Perhaps a rental model like Vienna which also has excess housing.

Also, while zero Covid lasts, some people may appreciate living in a place with more space if it has all the technological amenities people are use to. Many women also say they need more time to spend with their kids, especially in the early years. So change to the workaholic culture with a return to more traditional balance as Wang Huning advocates is a smart shift. Otherwise with population decline, China will become like Japan or Korea; declining consumption with no end in sight.