On Tuesday, an official revealed that Taiwan is currently busy planning to subsidize fertility treatment with the aim to boost its waning birth date, which is currently one of the world's lowest.

Under the new plan, health authorities are considering a subsidy of 50,000 Taiwan Dollars (US$1,600) per treatment for couples who are in the low-income group, and the whole plan will carry an estimated cost of about 500 Million Taiwan Dollars per year.

As has been shared by the Bureau of Health Promotion official, the new proposal will now be submitted to the interior ministry's population committee, which is required to award its approval.

Government and hospital data has revealed that in 2007, as many as 2,926 babies were born after fertility treatment, each at a cost of about 150,000 to 270,000 Taiwan Dollars.

Last year, a total of 191,310 babies were born in Taiwan, a reduction of 3.74% when compared to the previous year.