It is not the social public care system, but its pre-plan - using artificial uterus technology to reproduce human babies 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 it for a while, but various controversies are still very large.

Zhang Yuan suppressed everyone and spoke slowly: "Everyone, according to our population report, how many people were born last year? The accurate number is 1,823, and the birth rate of 3.6 per thousand. The birth rate is very low, so low! Indeed, our population structure is still very young, with zero mortality rate, and the quality of life is not high and the objective environment is poor. It is not a big deal for a few years later."

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

"Fifty years later, our average age will rise by fifty years. Everyone here, eighty or even ninety years old, how many young people are? 100,000!"

"Yes, with a growth rate of 3.6 per thousand, fifty years later, there are only 100,000 young people! The total population is only 600,000, and it is based on zero mortality."

"Fifty years!"

It seemed like there was a sense of crisis that exploded in the hearts of many people.

The current development model is bound to be unsustainable.

"His Excellency Zhang Yuan, we can adopt a method that encourages childbirth, rather than radically adopt artificial babies..."

The female congressman in the audience immediately stood up and said excitedly: "It has a huge impact on our society...it is so big that it is unimaginable! Have you considered reality?"

"Yes, I can't wait a few years, and there are more artificial babies than natural people. What's wrong with that?"

"I object!"

Various arguments are getting louder and louder, and opposition is endless.

Zhang Yuan raised his hand and suppressed all the sounds.

He spoke loudly: "Seat No. 145, Councillor Qian Lihua, as an electric power engineer, do you have any discrimination against these babies born from artificial wombs? Or do you think they are not normal humans?"

All eyes looked over, and Mr. Qian looked pale and said quickly: "There is no discrimination."

"So, if there is no discrimination, there are more artificial babies than natural persons, what's the problem?"

"..." The gentleman's face turned red and white. If he was labeled as "discrimination", his political career would end. It took him a long time to speak, "Is there any problem... I don't know."

Zhang Yuan asked another woman who had wanted to vote against her, her eyes were like lightning: "Ms. Zhong from the Ministry of Education, if a baby is born without a father or mother, you can raise him carefully. Can you make him neither humble nor arrogant, not arrogant or impatient, form an independent and optimistic personality, and become a useful person to society?"

The Ms. Zhong said hesitantly, "But..."

Zhang Yuan ignored her "but" and then asked: "I asked, can he not be humble, arrogant, or impatient, form an independent and optimistic personality and become a useful person to society? Yes, or not!"

"……Can."

"Do you think this kind of raising can be promoted on a large scale? That is to say, can a large number of parents-free babies become useful people to society?"

Ms. Zhong did not reply.

"Since one person can do it, a group of people should be able to do it."

Zhang Yuan came to a conclusion by himself, then turned his head and asked: "Then... Minister Ding of the Ministry of Human Resources, if we adopt a policy of actively encouraging childbirth, how much can our natural population birth rate reach?"

Minister Ding, who had gray hair, quickly replied: "The highest can reach 2%-3%, but it cannot last for a long time, and it will eventually fall sharply. First, according to statistics, a couple has the highest intention to give birth to one or two, and the number of people who want to give birth to three is very low, and more than four is almost zero. Therefore, it is impossible to reach a 5% birth rate by relying on natural growth alone. Our population is not a backward population, but a high-quality population."

"The second point is that our population has a fault, and almost all of our age is around 30 years old. After a wave of concentrated childbirth, the birth rate will be infinitely close to 0, and another fault appears... No one wants to give birth to one at 30, one at 40, and one at 50, and 60. Each population fault will undoubtedly cause adverse social phenomena for a civilization."

"And, issuing policies to encourage childbirth will consume a lot of social costs and hinder the development of other industries. According to our statistics, the social cost of individuals raising infants and young children will be three times or even four times that of collective raising..."

"That is to say, the cost of raising one child alone can make it possible to raise 3 to 4 children in a group..."

The meeting room was silent for a few minutes again.

Zhang Yuan turned around: "Minister Li of the Resources Department, how long can our advanced equipment last?"

Minister Li stood up and replied: "Many of our robots are brought by the earth. High-precision advanced equipment. Once started, the depreciation speed is very fast. Some equipment will not work for 10 years... In addition, 30 years, up to 50 years."

"Our industrial mother machine breaks, it really breaks, and it is extremely difficult to repair. If at that time, what is brought from the earth is damaged and we are not able to build industrial mother machine of the same specifications, then..."

Minister Li’s face was not that good-looking: “Technology… will regress!”

The conference room suddenly became very quiet.

This year, the entire civilization has achieved great results, but most of them are just relying on their old capital. Many people did not expect that time is so tight.

After a while, the person sitting below trembled his eyebrows and plucked up the courage to ask.

"But, sir, aren't it too many for 20,000 or 30,000 children a year... Can we raise our entire society?"

Zhang Yuan said coldly: "Sir, I remind you to look forward to the long-term. 1,800 babies will be born this year, and there will only be 1,800 additional workers in 20 years. 30,000 babies will be born this year, and 30,000 additional workers in 20 years... We must not only live in the present, but also live in the future. Today's hard work is for tomorrow's sustainability."

"What else do you have?"

"No more..." As if suppressed by Zhang Yuan's momentum, the gentleman quickly sat back.

The lady named Zhong stood up again and retorted: "Baby growth requires a lot of nutrition, especially when there is no breast milk, milk powder and more auxiliary foods."

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

"You are right, this lady, it's true...we are not productive enough."

Zhang Yuan said expressionlessly, "But... the quality of life will be reduced, is it your reason for opposition? We have traveled 20 light years to enjoy life? People with this idea should have stayed on the earth, not come here!"

The lady's face turned red and she stood there in a daze.

Bang!

Zhang Yuan slapped the table heavily and roared loudly: "Then..."

"Since no one discriminates against these children, education is not a problem, and no one wants to give birth to more than 10 children for civilization, population has become the biggest constraint on development..."

"I'll ask you why you object to this proposal! Why?! Do you want the entire civilization to be extinct here in a hundred years?!"

As if shocked by Zhang Yuan's roar, no one dared to stand up and attack.
Chapter completed!