Without careful consideration, a notice was issued in Jiangxi stating that a dowry exceeding 60000 yuan can be reported? Response: The dowry has been revoked | high price | announcement
Recently, a notice issued by the Civil Affairs Bureau of Lichuan County, Jiangxi Province, regarding the acceptance of clues related to high priced dowries in rural areas, has attracted social attention.
On July 6th, a staff member of the Civil Affairs Bureau of the county stated that the notice had been withdrawn due to inadequate consideration. In addition, the staff member stated that in reality, it is difficult to push forward the work of limiting local dowries to around 50000 to 60000 yuan, as "many people will exceed the prescribed amount."
Jiangxi Province has issued a notice stating that local dowries exceeding 60000 can be reported and complained about
In the notice, it was mentioned that in order to implement the spirit of the "Implementation Rules for Deepening the Special Governance of Rural Wedding Lottery in Lichuan County", further promote rural civilization, reduce the burden on the masses, and enhance the sense of gain, happiness, and satisfaction of the masses, the Lichuan County Civil Affairs Bureau will now publicly launch a complaint hotline to boycott high priced dowries and deepen the transformation of customs, accepting complaints and reports from cadres and masses throughout the county regarding high priced dowries.
Regarding the content of the report, the notice states that rural wedding dowries exceeding three times the per capita disposable income of rural residents in Lichuan County in 2022 are considered high priced dowries.
On July 6th, a staff member of the Civil Affairs Bureau of Lichuan County told Top News reporters that the bureau had revoked the above notice, "Many people said that our reporting was unreasonable."
The staff further explained that after the above-mentioned notice was issued, many local female comrades called the bureau and posted online to express their dissatisfaction with the report. "They said that this only considered the issue of boys and did not consider the cost of raising girls for parents."
"In fact, it was also based on the requests of many boys who couldn't find a partner below that we temporarily made this reporting phone number," the staff member admitted in an interview, acknowledging that this move was somewhat thought-provoking.
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According to a search by top news reporters, in order to resist high priced dowries and deepen the trend of changing customs, similar reporting hotline numbers have been set up in many parts of the country, such as Liangshan Prefecture in Sichuan, Tianxin District in Changsha, Hunan, Datian County in Fujian, and other areas in Jiangxi.
It is difficult to promote the practice of setting dowry quotas based on three times the per capita disposable income in multiple regions
Why is the quota standard for high priced dowries in Lichuan County set to exceed three times the disposable income of rural residents in the previous year? The Civil Affairs Bureau of the county has given a response: according to the above regulations.
Top News reporters have learned that since the beginning of this year, many regions in Jiangxi Province have proposed to determine the threshold for dowry based on approximately three times the per capita disposable income of local rural residents, in accordance with the Notice of 14 departments including the Jiangxi Provincial Department of Civil Affairs. If the threshold is exceeded, it will be considered a high priced dowry.
Taking Fuzhou City, Jiangxi Province as an example, on April 17th this year, the Longxi Town Government of Linchuan District announced the "Implementation Rules for the Special Governance of Urban and Rural Wedding Bribery in Longxi Town", which stated that the "high limit" of wedding dowry should be the breakthrough and focus point. The limit of wedding dowry in Longxi Town should not exceed three times the per capita disposable income of rural residents in Linchuan District in 2022, and exceeding it is considered a high priced dowry.
In addition, in the Jiangxi region, there are also restrictions on local dowries, such as Lushan City, Jinxi County in Fuzhou, Fenyi County in Xinyu, and Xinjian District in Nanchang. The amount of dowries is limited to about three times the per capita disposable income of local rural residents, which is about 80000 yuan or less.
"This is actually difficult to implement, and many people will exceed the prescribed number," said a staff member of the Lichuan County Civil Affairs Bureau.