HEAD OF THE DAY
🇨🇳 James Liang
👶 From travel CEO to demography whisperer: James Liang, co-founder and Executive Chairman of Trip.com Group, grew the company from an offline travel agency into a global powerhouse with over 400 million users, took it public on NASDAQ in 2003, and authored bestsellers like “Too Many People in China?”. In that book he shows how China’s declining population endangers innovation and economic vitality—and he lays out concrete solutions.
The 55-year-old has already come to the aid of mothers in China with his playgroup app Moremom and even paid employees to have children. He calls the one-child policy a failure and criticizes economists who rely on private choice instead of accepting the state’s responsibility.
“The one-child policy has pushed us to the brink of population collapse. I’m calling for central, progressive birth subsidies alongside a digital baby basic income, paid childcare recognized as a profession, and nationwide free daycare. Only by doing this can we build a foundation for sustainable growth and secure China’s future.”
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