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 ...

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

What's more, China's population is projected to decline further, leading to an increase in the average age of the population. This demographic shift will reduce the proportion of the working-age ...

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 ...

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 and make an “appropriate increase ...

Nanchang, the capital of East China's Jiangxi province, experienced a population increase of 102,200 residents last year, ...

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 ...

At the same time, China is steadily moving toward what the United Nations (U.N.) classifies as a "super-aged" society. The working-age population (ages 14 to 64) is expected to shrink from 70 to ...

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 ...