Trending in China: Economist Says Printing Money Will Produce More Kids

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A prominent economist’s argument that China’s central bank should print an extra 2 trillion yuan a year to boost the country’s falling birthrate was met with widespread derision online.

As of Tuesday afternoon, the related hashtag #Ren Zeping said we cannot count on post-90s and post-00s for fertility #任泽平称生育不要指望90后00后 has received over 20 million views on China’s microblog platform Weibo. Another hashtag #Would central bank printing 2 trillion yuan raise fertility rate? #央行多印2万亿能提高生育率吗 has been viewed around 10 million times.