Chapter 209

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

Zhang Yuan restrained the crowd and spoke slowly: "everyone, according to our population report, how many people were born last year? The exact number, 1823, is the birth rate of 3.6 percent of the population. The birth rate is very low, as low as the hair! It's true that 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, so it's nothing to give birth in a few years later. "

"But think about it, what will happen in 50 years?"

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

"Yes, with a growth rate of 3.6 percent, 50 years later, there are only 100000 young people! The total population is only 600000, and it's based on zero mortality. "

"Fifty years!"

It seems that there is a sense of crisis in many people's hearts.

The current development model is not sustainable.

"Mr. Zhang Yuan, we can adopt the way of encouraging childbearing, rather than the radical way of using artificial babies..."

The female member immediately stood up and said excitedly: "it has a great impact on our society It's too big to imagine! Have you thought about reality? "

"Yes, in a few years, the number of artificial babies is more than that of natural people. How can it be?"

"I object!"

The voices of all kinds of 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 aloud: "seat 145, Mr. Qian Lihua, as an electrical engineer, do you have any discrimination against these babies born from artificial uterus? Or do you think they're not normal humans? "

All the eyes looked at him. Mr. Qian's face was very white. He said quickly, "there is no discrimination."

"Well, if there is no discrimination, there are more artificial babies than natural people. What's the problem?"

“……” This gentleman's face turns red and white. If he puts on the big hat of "discrimination", his political career will come to an end. It took him a long time to say, "is there any problem I don't know. "

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

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

Zhang Yuan didn't pay attention to her "but" and then asked: "I just asked, can he be neither humble nor arrogant, and form an independent and optimistic personality, and become a useful person to the society? Yes, or no! "

“…… Yes

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

Ms. Zhong did not reply.

"Since one person can, a group of people should also be able."

Zhang Yuan came to a conclusion, then turned his head and asked, "well Minister Ding of the Ministry of human resources, if we adopt the policy of actively encouraging fertility, how much can our natural population birth rate reach? "

The gray haired minister quickly replied, "the maximum can reach 2% - 3%, but it can't last for a long time. In the end, it will fall sharply. 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 children is very low, and the number of people who want to have more than four children is almost zero. Therefore, only relying on natural growth, it is impossible to achieve a 5% birth rate. Our population is not backward population, but high-quality population. "

"Second, there is a fault in our population. Almost all of our people are about 30 years old. After a wave of concentrated childbearing, the birth rate will be infinitely close to zero. There is another fault 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. As far as a civilization is concerned, the population gap will undoubtedly lead to bad social phenomena. "

"Moreover, the policy of encouraging 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 by individuals will be three or even four times that of collective rearing. "

"That is to say, the cost of raising one child by one person can make the collective raise three to four children..."

There was a few minutes of silence again in the conference room.

Zhang Yuan looked 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. High precision advanced equipment, once started, depreciation speed is very fast, some equipment, 10 years will not work In addition, 30 years, at most 50 years. ""If our industrial machine tool breaks down, it will really break down. It is extremely difficult to maintain it. If at that time, things brought from the earth were damaged, and we had not been able to build industrial machines of the same specifications, then... "

Director Li's face is not so good-looking: "technology It's going to go backwards! "

The meeting room suddenly became very quiet.

This year, great achievements have been made in the whole civilization, but the vast majority of them are just eating their old roots. Many people did not expect that time should be so tight.

After a long time, one of the people sitting at the bottom shook his brow and summoned up courage to ask.

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

Zhang Yuan said coldly: "Sir, I remind you to take a long-term view. This year, 1800 babies will be born, and 20 years later, only 1800 more workers will be born. 30000 babies will be born this year, and 30000 more workers will be born in 20 years We have to live not only in the present, but also in the future. Today's hard work is for tomorrow's sustainable development. "

"What else?"

"No more..." As if he was pressed down by Zhang Yuan's momentum, the gentleman quickly sat back.

The woman, surnamed Zhong, stood up again and retorted: "the growth of a baby needs a lot of nutrition, especially when there is no breast milk, it needs milk powder and more supplementary food."

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

"This lady, you are right. It is true We are not productive enough. "

Zhang Yuan said without expression, "but Is that the reason why you object? Do we travel 20 light years just to enjoy life? People with this idea should have stayed on the earth, not come here! "

The lady stood in a daze, her face flushed.

Pop!

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

"Since no one discriminates against these children, education is no problem, and no one wants to have more than 10 children for civilization, population has become the biggest constraint on Development..."

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

As if by Zhang Yuan's roar awe live, for a while and a half, unexpectedly no one dare to stand up and make trouble.

Perhaps, many people recall that Dr. Zhang and Minister Zhang, who are usually polite and gentle, are fierce men who dare to cut off their legs. They are a fighter who alone defeated the super life!