China's population fell for a third consecutive year in 2024, as marriages plummeted by one-fifth, the biggest drop on record, despite efforts by authorities to encourage young couples to wed and ...

By 2035, the silver economy might grow from 7 trillion yuan ($970 billion) in 2024 to 30 trillion yuan, said the China ...

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 ...

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 ...

Documents submitted ahead of the annual session of China's rubber-stamp congress this week outline measures aimed at softening the impact of an aging population while encouraging younger couples ...

In population dynamics, there is an "echo effect". Today's aging population is the echo of a long period of low fertility ...

BEIJING--A growing number of countries are confronting the dual challenges of population decline and aging, as younger generations ... extend life expectancy. China said Friday that its population ...

According to the 2023 National Aging Development Bulletin released by the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the National Aging Office on October 12, ...

In a nursing home in south China's Shenzhen, an elderly resident curiously reaches out to hold the hand of Xia Lan, a humanoid robot with lifelike skin, blinking eyes and a warm, soothing voice.

China will "actively" respond to population aging with policies for its rapidly growing elderly and its young people, including providing childcare subsidies and making preschool education free ...

Husband who worked on ancient pottery craft with late wife pays touching tribute to love of his life so they can spend eternity in heaven together. No more ‘dragon babies’: China’s birth ...