China: Record Drop in Marriage Rate, Birth Rate Likely to Decline
Despite several efforts by the Chinese government, the marriage rate in China has not increased.
According to international media reports, the rate of weddings in China recorded a 20 % decrease in the last year compared to 2023.
According to the Chinese Ministry of Urban Affairs data, more than 6.1 million couples registered for marriage last year, while the number of couples registered for marriage in 2023 was 7.68 million.
According to the report, the reason for the decline in marriage and childbirth for the past has been reported that children’s care and education in China are very expensive.
The rapid pace of economic development in the past few years has made it difficult for those who have completed their education from the university have made it difficult to find work and those who have jobs are afraid to lose their jobs all the time.
China is the second largest population in the world, but even then, the decline in marriage and childbirth rates in the country is a matter of concern for Chinese authorities as China’s current population is now getting older.
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Remember that the Chinese government has eliminated its strict ‘one child policy’ in view of the continuous decline in the country’s population, which was created to control the country’s growing population in the 1980s.
The Chinese government’s move has failed to stop the population decline in a country that relies on its extensive workforce as a stimulus of economic development.
According to a recent study by a group of researchers, the ‘ACCOMist Intelligence Unit’, by 2035, people over 60 years of age will be about one -third of China’s population.
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