The carrots couples are offered to encourage them to have children are often empty promises. Like old-age annuity payments, child benefit criteria vary from place to place and from year to year, depending on local governments 'financial resources.
至於鼓勵大家增產報國的「胡蘿蔔」，總是停留在「口惠而實不至」、「只聞樓梯響」的階段，生育津貼也像「老人年金」一樣，視各地方政府的財政狀況，標準不一、時有時無。