Tianjin has launched revision work on family planning regulation to extend paternity leave to encourage childbirth in response to the nation's new three-child policy while other areas are offering allowances for having newborn babies.
A netizen complained online that while the average paternity leave for men across the nation ranges from 15 to 30 days, men in Tianjin have only seven days at present. The netizen suggested to prolong men's paternity leave now that China is encouraging couples to have three children.
Tianjin Municipal Health Commission replied last Thursday that the authority has launched revision on the local regulations of population and family planning and plans to extend paternity leave for men. The revision work is progressing according to the legislative procedures at present.
In China, paternity leave is stipulated by provincial family planning regulations, and is not available in every region and varies greatly in length.
Henan, Gansu and Yunnan provinces have the longest paternity leaves across the nation with 30 days while Tianjin and Shandong Province have the shortest, with only seven days.
