China's population has fallen for the first time in 60 years, with the national birth rate hitting a record low - 6.77 births per 1,000 people. The population in 2022 - 1.4118 billion - fell by ...
The use of foreign domestic helpers in China to lower the costs of child care, mirroring a move by South Korea, would not do much for the declining birth rate, analysts say. After 2 years of popul ...
China launches a national campaign to encourage childbirth, addressing its serious low birthrate issue by supporting young ...
A two-tier system that has long made workers leave children behind in villages is cutting into birthrates.
Analysts are pessimistic that any new measures can reverse China's plunging fertility rate, which is driven by changing ...
China should focus on childbirth support and lower the cost of raising children as ... friendly society” to encourage births ...
That's compared to a factor of 4.11 in the US. The report comes amid rising concerns about a declining birth rate in China, which fueled its growth with a booming population for decades.
Women receive cold-calls about family planning and universities asked to offer ‘love courses’ to tackle demographic crisis ...
Despite extensive measures by central and local governments, including the relaxation of the decades-long one-child policy to allow two and later three children, China's fertility rate last year ...
China recently introduced a series of new birth ... While it may not immediately reverse the declining birth rate, it can help couples access the benefits of a supportive reproductive environment ...
BEIJING--China’s population fell for a second consecutive year in 2023, as a record low birth rate and a wave of COVID-19 deaths when strict lockdowns ended accelerated a downturn that will have ...