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Comments twitter facebook Sina Microblog reddit The naming rights for a football stadium may cost millions of dollars. In the province ofAnhui, couples may be offered money when they name their children after the mother.The new rule is causing controversy in the locality.
Changfeng County in east China's Anhui Province is currently implementing name reform.Couples giving the child the surname of the mother can receive an award of 1000 RMB($162). Already 30 families have received the payment.
Whether the child should bear the family name of the father or the mother is not only amatter of debate in China. Globally, most children take the father's surname.
In the name of reform, the government of Changfeng aims to promote gender equality.The long-term goal is to reach a balanced number of male and female births in the area.
The reform is causing controversy: proponents emphasize its role in the promotion ofgender equality, while critics think that the reform is an act of sex discrimination itself.
From a legal perspective, name-reform is highly questionable in Changfeng becauseaccording to Chinese law, the couple may decide for themselves whether their childrentake the family name of the father or the mother.
Linked to the discussion about naming in Changfeng is also the question of whether genderequality can be achieved through administrative procedures, or whether it needs moregeneral social change.
This article is edited and translated from 安徽長(zhǎng)豐試點(diǎn)“姓氏革命”引熱議 子隨母姓獎(jiǎng)千元,Source: Chinanews.com
(Editor:Huang Jin、Liang Jun)
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