"Looking at the history of the Chinese nation, government incentives have never been effective at encouraging anything. But penalties are very effective." Chen Kuan-cheng believes the reason the policy of incentives for giving birth is of limited effectiveness is because it lacks a system of penalties.
「從華人歷史來看，政府舉凡用鼓勵的方式都無效；懲罰卻很有效，」陳寬政認為，獎勵生育政策之所以效果不彰，原因在缺乏懲罰制度。