The People's Republic of China has a family control program known as the Three-Child Policy, which allows a couple to have 3 children. The strategy was revealed on May 31, 2021, during a session of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Politburo on aging populations, headed by CCP General Secretary Xi Jinping. The declaration announced the story of the findings of the Seventh National Population Census, which revealed that the number of children born in mainland China in 2020 was only 12 million, the smallest total of births since 1960, and the continued aging of the people, which prompted the plan. This was China's lowest rate of population increase. According to the state-owned Chinese media organization Xinhua, this strategy will be supported with additional interventions to retain China's edge in human workers. Several Chinese citizens have expressed dissatisfaction with the idea, noting the reality that many would be unable to raise children due to China's high living expenditures.