A Field Study about Public Perspectives on China's Universal Two-child Policy Implementation

It is a memorable year in the history of China’s population policy in 2016 because China has implemented Universal Two-child Policy since 1st, June 2016 (Zhang et al., 2016). The policy is designed to encourage Chinese people to give birth to a second child. Previously, China had implemented One-child Policy during the start of the communist era, which is in an effort to control China’s population. This study explores Chinese people’s desires of having a second child through questionnaires and interviews, the mixed research method, so as to predict actual pregnancy behavior exhibited after implementing the Universal Two-child Policy. In other words, it aims to understand how people will react to the new population control policy. Through mixed research approach, it will present data both with specific numeral data and answers. This filed study will also explore the hidden reasons why people choose to raise one child or two children as well as the voice from people at bottom level. At the end of this study, it shows the strong desire and unwillingness of raising a second child and the problems that people concern, such as compulsory education system, childcare and medicine insurance. a limited incomplete social welfare system. The desire of having a second child does not reflect actual second-child birth rates because of the incomplete social welfare system and existing social issues