Beijing maternity leave and paternity leave policy change
The Beijing Municipal Regulations on Population and Family Planning regulation have made changes to the maternity leave and paternity leave days effective January 1, 2022: A couple can have three children.
Shanghai has the same policy and regulations except that the paternity leave in Shanghai is 10 days. Here is a table prepared to compare the first-tier cities maternity/paternity and childcare leave policies:
Table Showing the Maternity leave/Paternity Leave and childcare leave in first tier cities |
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Cities |
Basic maternity granted by the central government |
Extra maternity granted by local government |
Paternity leave |
Childcare leave before children reaches to 3 years old |
Beijing |
98 days |
60 days |
15 days |
5 days every year for father and mother respectively |
Shanghai |
60 days |
10 days |
5 days every year for father and mother respectively |
|
Shenzhen |
80 days |
15 days |
10 days every year for father and mother respectively |
|
Guangzhou |
80 days |
15 days |
10 days every year for father and mother respectively |
The extra maternity leave/paternity leave as well as the childcare leave is to incentivize birth giving. Moreover, the additional maternity leave is only granted to those who gave birth to children in accordance with the family planning policy and related regulations.
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