Raising children in first-tier cities costs as much as 5,000 yuan a month. Raising a child is too expensive. Gao Ying, a young mother in Shanghai, said, "We are now around 5,000 yuan a month." She read a lot of posts on the Internet about sun expenses, and the baby is still very "energy-saving" in Shanghai. Gao Ying's son is a "golden pig baby" born in 2007. He is 3 years old and just went to kindergarten. Gao Ying said that after having a son, the money spent on his son is always one or two thousand yuan a month, and now his son has increased by 2,500 yuan a month after entering the park. China securities journal reporter browsed some forums on parenting topics and found that Gao Ying's statement was not exaggerated. White-collar workers in some big cities need to spend about 1000 yuan a month to buy milk powder and 200-300 yuan diapers, plus clothes, toys, early education and parent-child classes, at least one or two thousand yuan a month. When the children are older, the expenses of kindergarten will be incurred again. Some people even consider changing houses because their houses are not big enough or there are no good schools nearby, and this expenditure is even greater. Many people call themselves "child slaves". Gao Ying is unwilling to lower the standard in order to save money. She said that being able to afford and willing is "the price of love". Gao Ying calculated that the increased expenditure for children in the past three years was about 65,438+10,000 yuan. It is reported that a survey in Luxi No.3 Primary School in Wuhan found that a child may spend nearly one million yuan from birth to graduation from university. If you support your children to graduate from college, each family will spend at least 200,000 yuan, and the most will reach1160,000. Gao Ying said: "I don't think 1 10,000 is necessarily enough." How much each family spends for their children is often a "muddled account". However, for companies or investment funds that intend to make money from children, they are very aware of the market potential. At the "Summit Forum of the 6th China International Women and Children Industry Expo" held in Hangzhou at the end of last month, experts predicted that in 20 10, the infant market demand in China will reach 1 trillion yuan, and this figure will double in five years. It is estimated that 2005-2020 will be the fourth birth peak in China, and the number of new babies will be around160,000 every year. In 20 10, the demand scale of the national baby market will reach 1 trillion yuan; By 20 15, the market demand scale will reach 2 trillion yuan, and the prospective scale will reach more than 3 trillion yuan. By 20 12, China will become the largest baby consumption market in the world. Business opportunities are obvious. At present, the baby market in China is becoming a new target of venture capital at home and abroad. According to the data, since 2007, venture capital institutions such as Carlyle, Qi Ming Venture Capital and Haina Asia have focused their attention on the domestic infant education industry market, and early childhood education institutions such as Genius Baby, Red, Yellow and Blue, Baby Friendly have successively obtained a large number of venture capital. At the above-mentioned "Baby Expo", venture capital institutions including CITIC Industrial Investment Fund and Hanergy Investment Group are impressively listed. Some people care about business opportunities, while others care about the economy. "From a macroeconomic point of view, the promotion of domestic demand in 20 10 China needs the help of a number of emerging industries, and the baby industry is a typical representative of the sunrise industry in China." Wang Zhongming, deputy secretary general of the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, said. For working-class parents like Gao Ying, the most realistic thing is pressure. The online post "Raising children is expensive, suffering from fertility phobia after 80" has become a hot post, which is a reflection of this pressure. "Some people say that having a daughter is China Merchants Bank and having a son is China Construction Bank. 1 million to raise my son until he graduates from college, and then build him a house. We don't have this ability, let's rely on him. " Gao Ying's happy expression is a little helpless.