Chapter 215
It’s not a social public support system, but its pre-plan-the use of artificial uterus technology to reproduce human infants in large quantities to achieve a population growth rate of 5% per year . In fact, many people have been informed of this proposal in advance and discussed for a while, but the various disputes are still very big.
Zhang Yuan restrained everyone and slowly said: "Everyone, according to our population report, how many people were born last year? The exact number is 1823, three thousandths. The birth rate of the population is 6. The birth rate is very low, as low as it is pointed! Indeed, our population structure is still very young, the death rate is zero, plus the quality of life is not high, the objective environment is poor, and there is no childbirth in the later years. What is it."
"But, think about it, what will happen in fifty years?"
"In fifty years, our average age will rise by fifty years. Everyone in this room is 80 or even 90, how many youngsters are? 100,000!"
"Yes, at a growth rate of 3.6%, 50 years later, only 100,000 Youngster! The total population is only 600,000, and it is based on zero mortality."
"Fifty years!"
There seems to be a sense of crisis. Many people's hearts exploded.
The current development model must be unsustainable.
"Your Excellency Zhang Yuan, we can adopt a method of encouraging childbirth instead of radically adopting artificial babies..."
The female congressman in the audience stood up immediately , Said excitedly: "Its impact on our society is too great...too unimaginable! Have you considered reality?"
"Yes, can't wait for a few years, the number of artificial babies It's more than 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 endless.
Zhang Yuan raised his hand and suppressed all the voices.
He opened the mouth and said loudly: "Seat 145, Senator Qian Lihua, as an electrical engineer, do you discriminate against these babies born in artificial wombs? Or, Do you think they are not normal human beings?"
All eyes were swept over, the face of Mister Qian was pale, and he quickly said: "There is no discrimination."
" So, if there is no discrimination, there are more artificial babies than natural persons. What's the problem?"
"..." This gentleman's face turned red and white. If the word "discrimination" is covered Hats, the political career has come to an end. It took him a long time before he said, "Is there any problem...I don't know."
Zhang Yuan asked another lady who had previously wanted to vote against, her eyes like a flash of lightning:" Ms. Zhong from the Ministry of Education, if a baby is born without a father or mother, let you take care of it. Can you make him not humble or arrogant, not arrogant or impetuous, form an independent and optimistic personality, and become a useful person to society?"
This Ms. Zhong opened the mouth and said hesitantly, "But..."
Zhang Yuan ignored her following "but", and then asked: "I just Ask, can he not be humble or arrogant, not arrogant or impetuous, form an independent and optimistic personality, and become a useful person to society? Yes, or not!"
"...Yes."
p>"Do you think this kind of parenting can be promoted on a large scale? In other words, can a large number of fatherless and motherless babies become useful to society?"
The lady did not reply.
"Since one person is okay, a group of people should be okay."
Zhang Yuan each minding their own business came to a conclusion, then turned his head and asked again "So... Minister Ding of the Ministry of Human Resources, if we adopt a policy that actively encourages childbirth, what is our natural population birth rate?"
Minister Ding of hair grey-white soon replied: "The highest The highest can reach 2%-3%, but the impossible lasts for a long time, and it will eventually fall back sharply. First, according to statistics, a couple has the highest willingness to have one or two, and the number of people who want to have three is very low. , More than four are almost zero. So relying on natural growth alone, impossible to achieve a 5% birth rate, our population is not a backward population, but a high-quality population."
"Second Point, our population has faults. Almost all ages are concentrated around 30 years old. After a wave of concentrated births, the birth rate will be infinitely close to 0 and another fault will appear... No one wants to have one at 30, 40 years old. Give birth to one, and still have children after 50 or 60. One by one population gap, for a civilization, will undoubtedly produce bad social phenomena."
"In addition, the issuance of policies to encourage childbearing will consume a lot of 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 raising......"
"In other words, single person The cost of raising 1 child can make it possible to raise 3 or 4 children collectively..."
There was silence for a few minutes again in the Conference Hall.
Zhang Yuan turned his head: "Section Head Li of the Ministry of Resources, how long can our advanced equipment last?"
Section Head Li stood up and replied: "Many of our robots are Brought on 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."
"Our industrial base machine is broken, it is really broken, and it is extremely difficult to repair. If at that time, something brought from Earth is damaged, we have not been able to build an industrial base machine of the same specification, then..."
Section Head Li's face is not so pretty: "Technology...will go backwards!"
The Conference Hall suddenly became very quiet.
This year, the entire civilization has achieved great results, but the overwhelming majority are just eating their laurels. Many people did not expect that time should be so tight.
After a long while, the person sitting underneath trembled, and he plucked up the courage to ask.
"But, sir, there are 20,000 or 30,000 children born a year. Isn’t that too much... Our whole society, can we raise them?"
Zhang Yuan said coldly "This sir, I remind you to take a long-term view. There will be 1,800 babies born this year, and only 1,800 workers will be born in 20 years. 30,000 babies will be born this year, and 30,000 more will be born in 20 years." Laborers...We must not only live in the present, but also in the future. Today’s hard work is for tomorrow’s sustainability."
"What else do we have?"
"No more..." As if suppressed by Zhang Yuan's imposing manner, this gentleman quickly sat back.
The lady surnamed Zhong stood up again and retorted: "Infants need a lot of nutrition to grow, especially without breast milk, they need milk powder and more supplementary foods."
"Mr. Zhang Yuan, have you ever calculated that with our current productivity, adding so many babies will invisibly increase prices and reduce people’s quality of life. Our economic structure and even production The structure needs to be adjusted drastically."
"This lady, you are right, it is indeed the case...Our productivity is not enough."
Zhang Yuan expressionlessly Said, "But...the quality of life will be reduced as a result. Is that the reason for your objection? We have traveled 20 light years to enjoy life? Those who hold this kind of thinking should stay in Earth instead of coming. Here!"
The lady's face flushed, and she stood there in a daze.
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Zhang Yuan patted the table hard and roared: "So..."
"Since no one discriminates against these children, education No problem, and no one wants to have more than 10 children for civilization. Population has become the biggest constraint on development..."
"I will ask you why you oppose this motion! Why?! You guys Do you want the entire civilization to be extinct here in a hundred years?!"
As if shocked by Zhang Yuan's roar, for a while, no one dared to stand up and make trouble.
Perhaps, many people recalled that this usually courteous, gentle and elegant Zhang Academician and Minister Zhang were a fierce man who dared to cut off his legs. He was an alone and defeated the super lifeform. Fighter!