Since 2013, China has implemented several rounds of progressive adjustments to adapt its population policies to evolving ...

China’s population stood at 1.408 billion at the ... to feed itself and began implementing a draconian “one child policy.” Though it was never law, women had to apply for permission to ...

The trend among Chinese women of postponing or eschewing marriage will undermine Beijing’s efforts to boost falling birth rates, says Yi Fuxian of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

China's persistent decline in fertility rates and the accompanying demographic shift towards an ageing population have brought challenges to the country's health-care system, particularly in the realm ...

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But China has many other issues to deal with. There’s falling property prices, a shrinking population, and complaints from entrepreneurs about overbearing government. There’s no one better placed to ...

During his annual press conference on March 7, Foreign Minister Wang Yi offered unusually fiery answers on China policy under Donald Trump ... worries about the country’s accelerating demographic ...

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

The world’s most populous country until recently, China saw its population fall for a third consecutive year in 2024, and marriages plummeted by a fifth, the biggest drop on record. The ongoing ...

“The earlier we educate young people about reproductive health, the better we can protect their future fertility,” said He Dan, director of the China Population and Development Research ...

New marriages in China reportedly plummeted by one-fifth last year, implying that the official number of births will likely fall from 9.54 million in 2024 to 7.3- 7.8 million in 2025. Thus, while ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping gathered the country's most powerful corporate chieftains including Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei ...