In the 21st century, many developed countries such as Europe and the United States have begun to suffer from the problem of population aging. With the continuous improvement of modern medical technology, the average age of the population in most countries has increased a lot, however, the birth rate has decreased. Our Asian countries are no exception.

每周广播一则（七）：你愿意生小孩吗？

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According to Japan's relevant statistics, in 2017, a total of 946,000 newborns were born in Japan, which is the lowest number ever, 30,000 fewer than the previous year. The Japanese saw this statistic and scared. It’s dead. The total population of Japan is about 127 million. Every year, there are only 90 million newborns in the country. What does this mean?

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0 G' [1 `; E$ F' Z, k! o3 A# nThere are fewer and fewer newborns in Japan, and the social youth workforce will become increasingly scarce, and homes and streets will become ridiculously uninhabited areas. At this time, how does society talk about development? Being busy with aging and lack of labor will be overwhelming. Some media interviewed Japanese young people, are you willing to have children? Many people are unwilling. Some people think that they are poor, they don't have money, they don't have enough money, and they have enough money to raise children. Others think that it is too much trouble to have children, and to take care of children to sacrifice a lot of personal freedom and even affect life planning.

In recent years, although China is a developing country, the country has begun to highlight the problem of population aging, and temporarily canceled the population restrictions of the family planning policy. It is said that many local governments have begun to encourage fertility and encourage the birth of a second child or even three children. So, young friends, are you willing to have children? Representative netizens suggested that medical technology such as artificial insemination, artificial embryos, and surrogacy in the laboratory could completely solve the problem of neonatal reduction in the future. However, there will be social ethical issues such as "who are the parents of these children" and "people who have no ancestors should do it".
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Young friends, are you willing to have children?
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进入21世纪，欧美等许多发达国家开始遭遇人口老龄化的问题。随着现代医疗技术的不断提高，大多数国家的人口平均年龄都提升了不少，然而，出生率却降低了。咱们亚洲的国家也不例外。

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据日本相关统计数据，2017年，日本全国一共出生了94.6万个新生儿，这是有史以来最低的数字，比上一年足足少了3万人。日本人看到这个统计，都吓死了。日本的总人口是1.27亿左右，每年全国的新生儿只有90几万，这意味着什么？

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日本的新生儿越来越少，而社会青壮年劳动力将越来越紧缺，住宅和街道将会变成一片片荒芜的无人区。此时，社会还如何谈发展？忙于应付老龄化和缺少劳动力都会应接不暇。有媒体采访日本年轻人，你愿意生小孩吗？很多人都不愿意，有人认为自己穷，没有钱，自己消费都不够，哪来余钱养小孩；也有人认为生小孩太麻烦，照顾小孩要牺牲很多个人自由，甚至影响人生规划。

! @% u+ w9 B, \2 u2 s. A) u近几年，中国虽说是发展中国家，国内也开始凸显人口老年化问题，并暂时取消了计划生育政策的人口限制。据说，许多地方政府已经开始鼓励生育，鼓励生二胎，甚至三胎。那么，年轻的朋友们，你愿意生小孩吗？有代表性的网友提出，在实验室进行人工授精、人工胚胎、代孕代育等医疗技术未来完全可以解决新生儿减少的问题。但又会遭遇“谁是这些小孩的父母”、“没有祖先的人该咋办”等社会伦理问题。

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