Within months of leaving hospital, the local government paid Tang a 6,500-yuan (US$897) reward for having two children as ...

In fact, companies such as Toyota and Fanuc have set global benchmarks in industrial automation. These innovative measures ...

The UN projects China's working-age population to shrink by three-fifths by 2100, which in turn will put pressure on young people and government initiatives to support that cohort. For comparison ...

which is now facing both an aging population and an emerging shortage of working age people. China’s population stood at 1.408 billion at the end of 2024, a decline of 1.39 million from the ...

This year India is set to surpass China's population, and in a few years it will surpass China's working-age population — people 20 to 69. The United Nations has estimated that if China's birth ...

China's population fell for a third consecutive ... China said it would raise minimum basic old age benefits for rural and non-working urban residents by 20 yuan and make an "appropriate increase ...

which is now facing both an aging population and an emerging shortage of working age people. China's population stood at ...

Firms are arbitrarily excluding potentially valuable employees, even as China’s working-age population shrinks and the party raises retirement ages in response. “Unless the government takes ...

In 1950, children aged 10 or younger accounted for the largest share of China’s population. This population pyramid is estimated to change shape dramatically by 2050. Sources: United Nations ...

News: China raises retirement age as it battles slow economy Country ... the proportion of elderly is increasing. The working population, or those paying into the pension pool, is becoming less ...

China will raise ... who are currently working. Researchers measure that pressure by looking at the dependency ratio, which ...