Abstract

According to incomplete statistics, the number of families that have lost their only child had reached more than one million in China currently, following an annual increase by 76,000. The problem of elder care of these families that have lost their only child has become a hot issue in China. Legislation and relevant policies about families that have lost their only child are not sufficient, which have caused the lack of basis on establishing a reasonable elder care system of those families. This paper is aiming to address the rights as a core and further supplement on the basis of the present situation of families that have lost their only child, therefore implement to build the pension right system of loss of only child families. Meanwhile, we also strive to put forward specific advices on establishing legislation and relevant policies.

Highlights

  • China has been implementing a nationwide family planning policy since 1973

  • The problem of elder care of these families that have lost their only child has become a hot issue in China

  • The function of family is divided into two major aspects, survival and development, which are embodied in reproductive function, tending and elder care function, economic function, educational and social functions, emotional communication capabilities, rest and entertainment functions and so on

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Summary

Introduction

China has been implementing a nationwide family planning policy since 1973. The majority of couples at reproductive age responded to the call and only gave birth to one baby. The problem of elder care of these families that have lost their only child has become a hot issue in China. At the end of 2007, China’s Ministry of Finance with National Population and Family Planning Commission jointly issued the Special Assistance System for the Family Planning Under this policy, woman at least 49 years old, who had lost their only child, would get no less than 100 Yuan each month. Legislation and relevant policies about families that have lost their only child are not sufficient, which have caused the lack of basis on establishing a reasonable elder care system of those families. The lack of pension rights in elder care of families that have lost their only child is list below

Families That Have Lost Their Only Child Lost Family Elder Care and Support
The Insufficiency of the Institutions Specialized in Elder Care
The Necessity of Protecting the Vulnerable Groups for Social Contract
Consistency of Government’s Power and Duties
The Principle of Taking Rescue Respectively and Diversified
The Principle of Government’s Dominating Responsibility
The Principle of Subjectivity
The Principle of Humanitarian
Define the Right Subject Accurately
Expand the Right of Social Relief of Childless Elders
Construction of the Legal System to Protect the Rights of the Family
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