Reports that surveys on women's attitudes towards childbirth and childcare are being conducted in various parts of China are attracting attention in China.

According to Chinese media outlets such as China Economic Net, the Bureau of Statistics in Panzhihua City, Sichuan Province, launched a special survey on September 18. In Anzhou District, Mianyang City, in the same province, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention announced on the 21st the implementation of a survey to understand the childbirth and childcare needs of women aged 18 to 49. In Jiangmen City, Guangdong Province, the Women's Federation conducted a survey on the 10th targeting women of childbearing age between 20 and 49. In Jining City, Shandong Province, the Bureau of Statistics also extracted women aged 20 to 45 from 10 counties, cities, and districts to conduct a questionnaire survey on childbirth and childcare.

On China's social media platform Weibo, 'Why don't we want to have children, and why can't we?' became a trending topic. The comment that garnered the most sympathy from netizens was: 'If you're an ordinary person, you've worked hard to finally climb up to a managerial position, but when you return after pregnancy (childbirth), your team is gone, your position is gone, and your salary has even decreased. Or, if you're sidelined at work as soon as you get pregnant, wouldn't you feel anxious?'

Additionally, comments such as, 'Conversely, why do I have to give up being a director? (If you give birth, you're forced to give it up)', 'Just yesterday, they were talking about raising women's retirement age (to be the same as men's)', '1. Men are unreliable. 2. Income is low. 3. Childbirth affects work and body. 4. Women's time and energy are depleted', and 'You should look more at the animal kingdom. When water sources dry up, wildebeest herds stop mating, and when cold approaches, arctic foxes delay their estrus' also garnered much sympathy.

Other opinions included: 'Don't you know these things without a survey?', 'They'll get by with surveys, surveys for three years, then survey again in three years', 'I support the state providing 1 million yuan (approx. 23.4 million yen) to each woman who gives birth', 'If they give me 100,000 yuan (approx. 2.34 million yen) per child, I'll give birth. If they promise not to take it back later', 'First, make men learn what a good husband and good father are, then discuss the issue of whether women give birth or not', 'Just enforce an 8-hour workday. With 996 (9 AM to 9 PM, 6 days a week), you can't even get proper sleep', and 'We need labor laws that secure time for having children, and marriage laws that make women want to get married.' Such opinions were expressed. (Translated and edited by Kitada)