Chūn Zǐ Ér Nǚ (春子儿女) : Islamic and Indonesian Legal Perspective

Abstract

The Chinese government's success in providing access to education for all its citizens, with a peak of 10 million graduates in 2023, is a dilemma because the Chinese government has also failed to provide employment opportunities to absorb these graduates. The unavailability of jobs increases the percentage of unemployment in 2023 by 21% from 2022. This problem creates the phenomenon of chūn zǐ ér nǚ, or full-time children, as a new profession for China's young generation. As many as 4000 people on Douban social media have declared their profession as a full-time child. This phenomenon will be researched using qualitative research methods with research data sourced from literature, news, and state information. These data were studied using descriptive analysis, comparative descriptive approaches, and several approaches to provide integrative research results, such as behavioristic, cultural, legal, and Islamic approaches. In this research, various factors were found that cause phonemana chūn zǐ ér nǚ, and these factors also occur in Indonesia, so this phenomenon has the possibility of spreading to the urban younger generation in particular. In traditional and cultural studies, this phenomenon is not a profession but traditional education that exists in Indonesian society. However, in a legal sense, this phenomenon is a legal relationship between workers and employers with achievements, rights, and obligations resulting from the emergence of a legal relationship through employment agreements or agreements. This is based on the legal skills of China's young generation, who have reached legal age. The government needs to resolve domestic problems such as economic factors, educational factors, and generational factors that occur in China. These factors can hinder the Indonesia Gold 2045 programme.