Chapter 215

It is not the social public support system, but its pre plan - to use artificial uterus technology to reproduce human babies in large quantities, so as to achieve a population growth rate of 5% per year. In fact, many people have been informed of this motion and discussed it for some time, but all kinds of disputes are still very big.

Zhang Yuan restrained the crowd and said slowly, "everyone, according to our population report, how many people were born last year? The exact figure is 1823, with a birth rate of 3.6 per 1000. The birth rate is very low, low to the point of hair! Indeed, our population structure is still very young, and the mortality rate is zero. In addition, the quality of life is not high and the objective environment is poor. Childbearing in a few years later is nothing. "

"But let's think about what will happen in 50 years?"

"Fifty years later, our average age will rise by 50. All of you here are 80 or even 90. How many young people are there? 100000! "

"Yes, with a growth rate of 3.6 per thousand, 50 years later, there are only 100000 young people! The total population is only 600000, and the mortality rate is zero. "

"Fifty years!"

As if there was a sense of crisis, which exploded in many people's hearts.

The current development model must be unsustainable.

"Your Excellency Zhang Yuan, we can adopt the way of encouraging fertility, rather than the radical way of using artificial babies..."

The female congressman immediately stood up and said excitedly, "its impact on our society is too big... Too big to imagine! Have you considered reality? "

"Yes, in a few years, the number of artificial babies is more than that of natural people. What's wrong with this?"

"I object!"

The voices of various discussions are getting louder and louder, and the voices of opposition are emerging one after another.

Zhang Yuan raised his hand and suppressed all the voices.

He said loudly, "seat 145, Mr. Qian Lihua, as an electrical engineer, do you have any discrimination against these babies born from artificial womb? Or do you think they are not normal humans? "

All eyes brushed together. Mr. Qian turned pale and hurriedly said, "there is no discrimination."

"So, if there is no discrimination, the number of artificial babies is more than that of natural people. What's the problem?"

"..." the gentleman's face turned red and white. If he put on the big hat of "discrimination", his political career would come to an end. It took him a long time to say, "is there a problem... I don't know."

Zhang Yuan asked another woman who had previously wanted to vote against it. Her eyes were like lightning: "Ms. Zhong of the Ministry of education, if a baby is born without a father or mother, let you carefully raise it. Can you make him neither humble nor arrogant, neither arrogant nor impetuous, form an independent and optimistic personality and become a useful person to the society? "

Ms. Zhong hesitated and said, "but..."

Zhang Yuan ignored her following "but" and then asked, "I asked, can he be neither humble nor arrogant, neither arrogant nor impetuous, form an independent and optimistic personality and become a useful person to the society? Yes, or no! "

"... yes."

"Do you think this kind of upbringing can be popularized on a large scale? In other words, can a large number of fatherless babies become useful people to society? "

Ms. Zhong didn't reply.

"Since a person can, a group of people, it should also be possible."

Zhang Yuan came to a conclusion, then turned around and asked: "so... Minister Ding of the human resources department, if we adopt the policy of actively encouraging fertility, how much can our natural population birth rate reach?"

The graying head Ding quickly replied, "the maximum can reach 2% - 3%, but it can't last for a long time, and it will fall sharply in the end. First, according to statistics, a couple has the highest willingness to have one or two children. The number of people who want to have three is very low, and almost none of them have more than four. Therefore, relying on natural growth alone, it is impossible to achieve a birth rate of 5%. Our population is not a backward population, but a high-quality population. "

"Second, there is a fault in our population. Almost all of them are around the age of 30. After a wave of concentrated fertility, the birth rate behind will be infinitely close to 0, and another fault will appear... No one wants to have one at the age of 30, one at the age of 40, and one at the age of 50 or 60. One population fault after another will undoubtedly produce adverse social phenomena for a civilization. "

"Moreover, issuing policies to encourage fertility will consume a lot of social costs and hinder the development of other industries. According to our statistics, the social cost of raising infants and young children individually will be three times or even four times that of collective raising... "

"In other words, the cost of raising one child alone can enable the collective to raise three to four children..."

The meeting room was silent again for a few minutes.

Zhang Yuan turned back: "Minister Li of the Ministry of resources, how long can our advanced equipment last?"

Minister Li stood up and replied, "many of our robots are brought from the earth. Once the high-precision advanced equipment is started, the depreciation speed is very fast. Some equipment will not work in 10 years... In addition, 30 years, up to 50 years. "

"When our industrial machine broke down, it really broke down, and it was extremely difficult to maintain it. If at that time, things brought from the earth were damaged and we were not able to build industrial machines of the same specification, then... "

Minister Li's face was not so good-looking: "science and Technology... Will go backwards!"

The meeting room suddenly became very quiet.

This year, the whole civilization has made great achievements, but most of them are just eating old money. Many people did not expect that time should be so urgent.

After a while, the man sitting at the bottom shook his eyebrows and summoned up the courage to ask.

"But, sir, is it too much to have twenty or thirty thousand children a year... Can our whole society support it?"

Zhang Yuan said coldly, "Sir, I remind you to look at the long term. 1800 babies will be born this year, and only 1800 more workers will be born in 20 years. 30000 babies will be born this year, and 30000 more workers will be born in 20 years... We must not only live in the present, but also live in the future. Today's hard work is for tomorrow's sustainability. "

"What else do you have?"

"No more..." it seemed that he was pressed by Zhang Yuan's momentum, and the gentleman soon sat back.

The woman surnamed Zhong stood up again and retorted, "the growth of babies needs a lot of nutrition, especially milk powder and more auxiliary food without breast milk."

"Mr. Zhang Yuan, have you calculated that with our current productivity, adding so many babies will virtually raise prices and reduce people's quality of life. Our economic structure and even our production structure need to be greatly adjusted. "

"Lady, you're right. It's true... Our productivity is not enough."

Zhang Yuan said expressionless, "but... Is that why you object that the quality of life will be reduced? We crossed 20 light-years, is it to enjoy life? People with this idea should have stayed on the earth, not come here! "

The lady, flushed, stood there in a daze.

Pop!

Zhang Yuan slapped the table heavily and roared, "so..."

"Since no one discriminates against these children, education is not a problem, and no one wants to have more than 10 children for civilization, the population has become the biggest constraint on Development..."

"I'll ask you why you oppose this motion! Why? Do you want to make the whole civilization extinct here in a hundred years? "

As if frightened by Zhang Yuan's roar, for a moment and a half, no one dared to stand up and challenge.

Perhaps, many people recall that Dr. Zhang and Minister Zhang, who were usually polite and gentle, were a fierce man who dared to cut off his legs and a fighter who defeated the super life alone!