On 7 October, a new reproductive slogan appeared on the streets of Yang Lin, the North Gate of Lake, “The greatest wealth parents give their children is their brothers and sisters. The video was released on the X platform and was then discussed. The slogan is not an isolated text, but rather a policy of encouraging fertility that has lasted for several years to enter a more routine and direct public expression.

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For a long time, grass-roots population awareness campaigns have been organized around “family planning” for “nature and eugenics”. Today, the same street, community and grass-roots administrative networks are beginning to convey the opposite message: multi-born, early-born and multi-child families are being repackaged as part of family well-being, intergenerational support and urban development.

Heavengate has included maternity encouragement as Project 1

Public information from the City of Tianmen City indicates that in recent years support systems have been established to cover marriage, maternity, childbearing, child-rearing and education, and that the promotion of motherhood has been integrated into the municipal priorities. > > > <Report of the Government 2026 > proposes to continue to promote positive growth in the birth population through foster care, childbirth benefits, childcare support, housing policy and marriage promotion.

Official data says, > 4450 people born in January-July 2026, 1.8% increase; Marriage registrations are 2214, an increase of 3.36 per cent over the same period. The encouragement of childbearing is also summarized as a “sangular experience” for other regions, emphasizing the simultaneous promotion of economic subsidies, public services and the re-establishment of marriage and parenthood.

The new question is: where are the boundaries of policy support and value inculcation?

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(b) Maternity leave, care, medical care and housing benefits for families, which directly respond to the cost of care; The slogan “Sisters and Brothers are the greatest wealth” is further incorporated into family value judgements. It tries to convince parents that the number of children is not only a personal choice but also an arrangement that is beneficial for the future of the children.

This expression is controversial because there is no standard answer for all to the family structure. The birth of children, when and how many children are born depends ultimately on income, occupation, health, housing, care of resources and personal will. Public policies can reduce costs, but a single family model should not be described as a higher moral choice.

Same grass-roots system, one population policy language conversion in progress

It is noteworthy that the skygate is not just about propaganda. Local governments do invest in subsidies, care and childbirth support, unlike simply chanting slogans. However, when the implementation of the policy is set as Project 1, the basic staff will be given clear objectives: to increase awareness of the policy, change the concept of marriage and childbearing and promote more people to the support system for reproduction.

This means that population governance remains strongly administratively driven. The objective was to reduce the birth rate, which now translates into an increase in the birth rate; The direction has changed, but the Government ' s mechanisms for reaching out to families and shaping marriage and childbearing through grass-roots organizations have not completely withdrawn.

The street slogan of the Heaven Gate is therefore worth recording. It does not prove that the local population has accepted this value judgement, but it clearly demonstrates how population policy extends from financial subsidies to public discourse. The real decision to sustain policy is still not a slogan, but whether young people believe that there is sufficient stability in work, housing, education and care after childbirth.

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