Xi's article on supporting Chinese modernization with high-quality population development to be published
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Xi's article on supporting Chinese modernization with high-quality population development to be published

China Daily  

BEIJING - An article by Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, on supporting Chinese modernization with high-quality population development will be published on Saturday. China's population has generally shifted from expansion to decline, the article reads, noting that the dominant trends in China's population development include a declining birth rate, population aging, and regional disparities in population changes. Efforts must be made to improve the strategy for population development in the new era, improve the overall quality of the population, and maintain an appropriate birth rate and population size, it reads. The article outlines several key tasks to support Chinese modernization with high-quality population development, including deepening the reform and innovation of education and health services, establishing and refining supportive policies around childbirth, strengthening the development and utilization of human resources, and implementing a national strategy to address population aging.

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Full life-cycle focus
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6 days, 6 hours ago

Full life-cycle focus

China Daily  

SONG CHEN/CHINA DAILY China's population development strategy is aligned with strategies to enhance people's well-being and talent training in terms of the goals, approaches and pathways. By pursuing a high-quality and multipronged population development plan, China has improved people's well-being and the basic public service system, while addressing the challenges of the demographic changes. In July 2024, the third plenary …

Full life-cycle focus
Trending News
6 days, 6 hours ago

Full life-cycle focus

China Daily  

SONG CHEN/CHINA DAILY China's population development strategy is aligned with strategies to enhance people's well-being and talent training in terms of the goals, approaches and pathways. By pursuing a high-quality and multipronged population development plan, China has improved people's well-being and the basic public service system, while addressing the challenges of the demographic changes. In July 2024, the third plenary …

Here's why China’s birth figures are set to resume their downward spiral in 2025 after brief hiatus last year
2 months ago

Here's why China’s birth figures are set to resume their downward spiral in 2025 after brief hiatus last year

Firstpost  

Without significant changes, China’s population decline could accelerate, undermining economic growth and social stability Birth rate in China is expected to fall in 2025. Factors behind the decline Experts cite a variety of reasons for the continued decline in births: Fewer women of childbearing age: China’s population of women aged 20 to 35 has steadily declined over the past decade, …

China's birth rate shows signs of recovery amid population decline, urging further support for fertility, experts say
2 months, 1 week ago

China's birth rate shows signs of recovery amid population decline, urging further support for fertility, experts say

China Daily  

A newborn baby, whose Chinese zodiac sign is dragon, is seen with the mother and sister at a hospital in Wuxi, East China's Jiangsu province, Feb 10, 2024. China's total population dropped for a third consecutive year in 2024, but a slight increase in the number of newborns demonstrates the outcomes of a national push to build a birth-friendly society …

China sees population drop in 2024, despite increase in births
2 months, 1 week ago

China sees population drop in 2024, despite increase in births

Live Mint  

China’s population shrank for the third straight year in 2024, even though births rose slightly, underscoring a persistent long-term risk for the economy. The total number of people in China fell by over 1.39 million to 1.408 billion last year, according to data released by the National Statistics Bureau on Friday. “But I estimate the number of newborns will drop …

China sees a fresh decline in population, despite a rise in births
2 months, 1 week ago

China sees a fresh decline in population, despite a rise in births

Live Mint  

China’s population continued to decline last year—though births edged up for the first time in eight years—falling for a third straight year as deaths outpaced births. China had seen birth numbers plummet since 2017, the year after it ended the one-child policy, despite Beijing’s encouragement of couples to have three children. Meanwhile, the number of deaths dropped to 10.93 million …

China’s population falls for a third straight year, posing challenges for its government and economy
2 months, 2 weeks ago

China’s population falls for a third straight year, posing challenges for its government and economy

Associated Press  

TAIPEI, Taiwan — China’s population fell last year for the third straight year, its government said Friday, pointing to further demographic challenges for the world’s second most populous nation, which is now facing both an aging population and an emerging shortage of working age people. After the end of the Cultural Revolution and leader Mao Zedong’s death, Communist bureaucrats began …

China's population shrinks for 3rd straight year, posing threat to economy
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2 months, 2 weeks ago

China's population shrinks for 3rd straight year, posing threat to economy

India Today  

China’s population fell last year for the third straight year, its government said Friday, pointing to further demographic challenges for the world’s second most populous nation, which is now facing both an ageing population and an emerging shortage of working age people. After the end of the Cultural Revolution and leader Mao Zedong’s death, Communist bureaucrats began to worry the …

Xi's article on Chinese modernization to be published
3 months ago

Xi's article on Chinese modernization to be published

China Daily  

BEIJING -- An article by Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, on achieving national rejuvenation through Chinese modernization will be published on Wednesday. The article by Xi, also Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, will be published in next year's 1st issue of the Qiushi Journal, a flagship magazine of the …

Report digs into Beijing's population
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Report digs into Beijing's population

China Daily  

Insights gleaned into capital's shifts, growth and characteristics of residents In its latest population report, Beijing has shared critical insights into the demographic landscape of China's capital, highlighting both challenges and opportunities as the city navigates its future. It identifies seven key characteristics of population development in Beijing, including stable resident population size, increased urbanization, a narrowing income gap between …

Report digs into Beijing's population
Trending News
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Report digs into Beijing's population

China Daily  

In its latest population report, Beijing has shared critical insights into the demographic landscape of China's capital, highlighting both challenges and opportunities as the city navigates its future. It identifies seven key characteristics of population development in Beijing, including stable resident population size, increased urbanization, a narrowing income gap between urban and rural residents, and a dual challenge of declining …

Xi's article on supporting Chinese modernization with high-quality population development to be published
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Xi's article on supporting Chinese modernization with high-quality population development to be published

China Daily  

BEIJING - An article by Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, on supporting Chinese modernization with high-quality population development will be published on Saturday. China's population has generally shifted from expansion to decline, the article reads, noting that the dominant trends in China's population development include a declining birth rate, population aging, and regional …

Natural population growth rate lagging, NBS says
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Natural population growth rate lagging, NBS says

China Daily  

Amid efforts to boost the nation's birth rate, the China Statistical Yearbook 2024 recently released by the National Bureau of Statistics said only eight provincial-level regions recorded a positive natural population growth rate last year. According to the yearbook, the top three regions in terms of natural population growth rates last year were the Xizang autonomous region, the Ningxia Hui …

Explainer: China to improve systems for supporting high-quality population development
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Explainer: China to improve systems for supporting high-quality population development

China Daily  

LI MIN/CHINA DAILY BEIJING -- China is set to refine its population development strategy in response to an aging population and declining birth rate, as part of broader reform efforts aimed at ensuring and enhancing people's wellbeing during the course of development. China's population development faces challenges from a declining birth rate, an aging population, and regional population disparities. According …

Explainer: China to improve systems for supporting high-quality population development
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Explainer: China to improve systems for supporting high-quality population development

China Daily  

LI MIN/CHINA DAILY BEIJING -- China is set to refine its population development strategy in response to an aging population and declining birth rate, as part of broader reform efforts aimed at ensuring and enhancing people's wellbeing during the course of development. China's population development faces challenges from a declining birth rate, an aging population, and regional population disparities. According …

New demographic normal beyond 'old' challenges
8 months ago

New demographic normal beyond 'old' challenges

China Daily  

JIN DING/CHINA DAILY The development experiences of different countries at different times show that the relationship between population development and socioeconomic development can be mutually reinforcing and mutually constraining. Besides, to realize Chinese modernization, the country has to first address the new demographic challenges and achieve high-quality population development. Based on China's modernization goals and demographic challenges, the essence and …

New demographic normal beyond 'old' challenges
8 months ago

New demographic normal beyond 'old' challenges

China Daily  

JIN DING/CHINA DAILY The development experiences of different countries at different times show that the relationship between population development and socioeconomic development can be mutually reinforcing and mutually constraining. Besides, to realize Chinese modernization, the country has to first address the new demographic challenges and achieve high-quality population development. Based on China's modernization goals and demographic challenges, the essence and …

China's population shrinks again and could more than halve — here’s what that means
1 year, 2 months ago

China's population shrinks again and could more than halve — here’s what that means

ABC  

China's population has shrunk for the second year in a row. Set alongside China's 11.1 million deaths in 2023, up 500,000 on 2022, it means China's population shrank 2.08 million in 2023 after falling 850,000 in 2022. Updated low-scenario projections from a research team at Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, one of the first to predict the 2022 turndown, have …

China’s population dip is a global concern
1 year, 2 months ago

China’s population dip is a global concern

Hindustan Times  

China’s population fell by 2.08 million in 2023, a decline for the second straight year, the country’s National Bureau of Statistics said Wednesday. Add the decline of 850,000 in 2022, and it means that the population of the world’s second most populous nation has declined by nearly three million in two years. Given that China’s elderly population, aged 60 and …

China’s population falls by 2 million as birth rate hits new low
1 year, 2 months ago

China’s population falls by 2 million as birth rate hits new low

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy China’s population has undergone a …

China’s population falls for a 2nd straight year as births drop even after end of one-child policy
1 year, 2 months ago

China’s population falls for a 2nd straight year as births drop even after end of one-child policy

Associated Press  

BEIJING — China’s population fell by 2 million people in 2023 in its second straight annual decrease, as births dropped for the seventh straight year and deaths jumped following the end of COVID-19 restrictions, the government said Wednesday. The lower fertility rate, together with people living longer because of better health care, means China is slowly growing older, something that …

China’s population falls for a second year in a row as COVID restrictions end
1 year, 2 months ago

China’s population falls for a second year in a row as COVID restrictions end

LA Times  

China’s population dropped in 2023 by 2 million people — the second consecutive annual drop as births fell and deaths increased after the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions, the government said Wednesday. President Xi Jinping told the new leadership of the All-China Women’s Federation in October that young people need stronger guidance on marriage, parenthood and family, including policies that support …

China Launches Population Survey to Address Alarming Birth Rate Decline
1 year, 4 months ago

China Launches Population Survey to Address Alarming Birth Rate Decline

News 18  

China will begin polling 1.4 billion people on Wednesday in a survey on population changes, as authorities struggle to incentivise people to have more children amid a declining birth rate and the first population drop in more than six decades. China last conducted its once-in-a-decade census in November 2020 which showed it grew at the slowest pace since the first …

China's Fertility Rate Hits Record Low as Concerns Grow Over Population Decline
1 year, 7 months ago

China's Fertility Rate Hits Record Low as Concerns Grow Over Population Decline

News 18  

China’s fertility rate is estimated to have dropped to a record low of 1.09 in 2022, the National Business Daily said on Tuesday, a figure likely to rattle authorities as they try to boost the country’s declining number of new births. The state-backed Daily said the figure from China’s Population and Development Research Center put it as having the lowest …

Firm course charted for modernization
1 year, 9 months ago

Firm course charted for modernization

China Daily  

Fresh model to counter low birthrate, aging population China's new demographic development model, which prioritizes improving the overall quality of people's lives and the workforce, will help propel modernization, officials and experts said. At the first meeting of the 20th Communist Party of China Central Committee's Commission for Financial and Economic Affairs early last month, President Xi Jinping stressed that …

Firm course charted for modernization
1 year, 9 months ago

Firm course charted for modernization

China Daily  

SONG CHEN/CHINA DAILY Fresh model to counter low birthrate, aging population China's new demographic development model, which prioritizes improving the overall quality of people's lives and the workforce, will help propel modernization, officials and experts said. Zhang Xuyin, deputy head of the China Population and Development Research Center, said, "The meeting sent a strong signal from China's top central leadership …

Firm course charted for modernization
1 year, 9 months ago

Firm course charted for modernization

China Daily  

SONG CHEN/CHINA DAILY Fresh model to counter low birthrate, aging population China's new demographic development model, which prioritizes improving the overall quality of people's lives and the workforce, will help propel modernization, officials and experts said. Zhang Xuyin, deputy head of the China Population and Development Research Center, said, "The meeting sent a strong signal from China's top central leadership …

'It is no longer difficult to have a baby': China strives to improve childcare, aims for better-skilled population
1 year, 10 months ago

'It is no longer difficult to have a baby': China strives to improve childcare, aims for better-skilled population

Firstpost  

The government, concerned with China’s rapidly ageing population preceded by its first population drop in six decades, has been working to implement measures to reverse the country’s declining birth rate China’s dwindling birth rate has become a cause of concern among policymakers and the government. The newspaper described population development as a major event linked to China’s “great rejuvenation”. The …

习近平主持召开二十届中央财经委员会第一次会议强调 加快建设以实体经济为支撑的现代化产业体系 以人口高质量发展支撑中国式现代化
1 year, 10 months ago

习近平主持召开二十届中央财经委员会第一次会议强调 加快建设以实体经济为支撑的现代化产业体系 以人口高质量发展支撑中国式现代化

China Daily  

习近平主持召开二十届中央财经委员会第一次会议强调 加快建设以实体经济为支撑的现代化产业体系 以人口高质量发展支撑中国式现代化 李强蔡奇丁薛祥出席 新华社北京5月5日电 中共中央总书记、国家主席、中央军委主席、中央财经委员会主任习近平5月5日下午主持召开二十届中央财经委员会第一次会议，强调做好新一届中央财经委员会工作，研究加快建设现代化产业体系问题，研究以人口高质量发展支撑中国式现代化问题。习近平在会上发表重要讲话强调，新一届中央财经委员会要继续发挥好制定经济工作重大方针的作用，进一步加强和改善党中央对经济工作的集中统一领导。现代化产业体系是现代化国家的物质技术基础，必须把发展经济的着力点放在实体经济上，为实现第二个百年奋斗目标提供坚强物质支撑。人口发展是关系中华民族伟大复兴的大事，必须着力提高人口整体素质，以人口高质量发展支撑中国式现代化。 中共中央政治局常委、国务院总理、中央财经委员会副主任李强，中共中央政治局常委、中央书记处书记、中央财经委员会委员蔡奇，中共中央政治局常委、国务院副总理、中央财经委员会委员丁薛祥出席会议。 会议听取了国家发展改革委、科技部、工业和信息化部、农业农村部关于加快建设现代化产业体系的汇报，听取了国家发展改革委、国家卫生健康委、人力资源社会保障部、教育部关于以人口高质量发展支撑中国式现代化的汇报。 会议指出，经济建设是党的中心工作，加强党对经济工作的领导，是加强党的全面领导的题中应有之义。中央财经委员会是党中央领导经济工作的重要制度安排，责任重大，作用重要。做好新一届中央财经委员会工作，要完整、准确、全面贯彻新发展理念，加快构建新发展格局，着力推动高质量发展。要加强战略谋划，增强系统观念，推动协同落实，加强学习调研，一以贯之落实好国家发展战略。会议审议通过了《中央财经委员会工作规则》和《中央财经委员会办公室工作细则》。 会议强调，加快建设以实体经济为支撑的现代化产业体系，关系我们在未来发展和国际竞争中赢得战略主动。要把握人工智能等新科技革命浪潮，适应人与自然和谐共生的要求，保持并增强产业体系完备和配套能力强的优势，高效集聚全球创新要素，推进产业智能化、绿色化、融合化，建设具有完整性、先进性、安全性的现代化产业体系。要坚持以实体经济为重，防止脱实向虚；坚持稳中求进、循序渐进，不能贪大求洋；坚持三次产业融合发展，避免割裂对立；坚持推动传统产业转型升级，不能当成“低端产业”简单退出；坚持开放合作，不能闭门造车。 会议指出，要完善新发展阶段的产业政策，把维护产业安全作为重中之重，强化战略性领域顶层设计，增强产业政策协同性。要加强关键核心技术攻关和战略性资源支撑，从制度上落实企业科技创新主体地位。要更加重视藏粮于技，突破耕地等自然条件对农业生产的限制。要用好超大规模市场优势，把扩大内需战略和创新驱动发展战略有机结合起来，加强产业链供应链开放合作。要大力建设世界一流企业，倍加珍惜爱护优秀企业家，大力培养大国工匠。 会议指出，当前我国人口发展呈现少子化、老龄化、区域人口增减分化的趋势性特征，必须全面认识、正确看待我国人口发展新形势。要着眼强国建设、民族复兴的战略安排，完善新时代人口发展战略，认识、适应、引领人口发展新常态，着力提高人口整体素质，努力保持适度生育水平和人口规模，加快塑造素质优良、总量充裕、结构优化、分布合理的现代化人力资源，以人口高质量发展支撑中国式现代化。要以系统观念统筹谋划人口问题，以改革创新推动人口高质量发展，把人口高质量发展同人民高品质生活紧密结合起来，促进人的全面发展和全体人民共同富裕。 会议强调，要深化教育卫生事业改革创新，把教育强国建设作为人口高质量发展的战略工程，全面提高人口科学文化素质、健康素质、思想道德素质。要建立健全生育支持政策体系，大力发展普惠托育服务体系，显著减轻家庭生育养育教育负担，推动建设生育友好型社会，促进人口长期均衡发展。要加强人力资源开发利用，稳定劳动参与率，提高人力资源利用效率。要实施积极应对人口老龄化国家战略，推进基本养老服务体系建设，大力发展银发经济，加快发展多层次、多支柱养老保险体系，努力实现老有所养、老有所为、老有所乐。要更好统筹人口与经济社会、资源环境的关系，优化区域经济布局和国土空间体系，优化人口结构，维护人口安全，促进人口高质量发展。 中央财经委员会委员出席会议，中央和国家机关有关部门负责同志列席会议。 Xi stresses building of modern industrial system and high-quality population development President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, chairman of the Central Military Commission and director of the Central Commission for Financial and Economic Affairs, presided over the first …

Chinese state media slams ‘hype’ about India’s population boom
1 year, 11 months ago

Chinese state media slams ‘hype’ about India’s population boom

Al Jazeera  

Western media reports on China’s population being overtaken by India deliberately ignore China’s development, using the topic to “bad mouth” it and advocate decoupling, China’s state broadcaster CCTV has said. CCTV’s sharply worded commentary on Thursday said the subtext from Western media in recent years was that China’s development was in “big trouble” and that when the country’s demographic dividend …

India to overtake China in population by July 1: UN
1 year, 11 months ago

India to overtake China in population by July 1: UN

Hindustan Times  

The United Nations expects India’s population to touch 1.429 billion latest by July 1, which will make it the most populous country in the world for the first time. “What we can say is that China’s population reached its peak last year and started to decline, and that while India’s population is growing, its rate of population growth has been …

As China's population dips, effective policies are needed to boost fertility rates
2 years ago

As China's population dips, effective policies are needed to boost fertility rates

Firstpost  

Xi Jinping begins his third term as the President of the People’s Republic of China. Various economists had already predicted that China’s one-child policy would bear unfruitful consequences for the country’s economy in the future. Still, in the next ten years, China multiplied its population to such an extent that the Chinese government had to bring stricter policies like One-Child …

China's population is now inexorably shrinking, bringing forward the day the planet's population turns down
2 years, 2 months ago

China's population is now inexorably shrinking, bringing forward the day the planet's population turns down

ABC  

China's National Bureau of Statistics has confirmed what researchers such as myself have long suspected — that 2022 was the year China's population turned down, the first time that has happened since the great famine brought on by Chinese leader Mao Zedong in 1959-1961. When the total fertility rate is as low as China's has been for a long time, …

China’s Declining Population Can Still Prosper
55 years, 2 months ago

China’s Declining Population Can Still Prosper

Wired  

Earlier this week, the National Bureau of Statistics in China announced that the Chinese population has decreased for the first time in 60 years. Many people see China’s low fertility and declining population as a threat to its economic prosperity, assuming the labor force will shrink at the same time that social security costs and the number of older dependents …

China's shrinking population brings challenges, such as supporting increasing numbers of elderly, finding enough soliders
2 years, 2 months ago

China's shrinking population brings challenges, such as supporting increasing numbers of elderly, finding enough soliders

ABC  

For seven decades, the Chinese Communist Party has ruled the world's most-populous country, but as the nation's population crests and begins to shrink, experts say it will face challenges, ranging from supporting the elderly to filling the ranks of its military. Key points: The UN estimates China's population will fall from 1.41 billion to about 1.31 billion by 2050 and …

What will China's population drop mean for the world?
2 years, 2 months ago

What will China's population drop mean for the world?

BBC  

What will China's population drop mean for the world? Getty Images BBC Future answers five key questions about China's recent population decline and what it might mean for global demographic trends. According to the UN's World Population Prospects report for 2022, China's population was predicted to decline in 2023 – the reduction recently revealed by the country's census had been …

China’s population falls for the first time in 60 years
2 years, 2 months ago

China’s population falls for the first time in 60 years

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy China’s population has fallen for …

China records first recent population decline as births plunge
2 years, 2 months ago

China records first recent population decline as births plunge

Firstpost  

Beijing: China has announced its first overall population decline in recent years amid an aging society and plunging birthrate. The bureau said Chinese of working-age between 16 and 59 totaled 875.56 million, accounting for 62.0 per cent of the national population, while those aged 65 and older totaled 209.78 million, accounting for 14.9 per cent of the total. The United …

China records its first population decline in decades as births drop
2 years, 2 months ago

China records its first population decline in decades as births drop

LA Times  

After decades of a strict one-child policy, China is encouraging families to have second or even third children, but with little success. China’s population shrank last year for the first time in decades as its birthrate plunged, official figures showed Tuesday, adding to pressure on leaders to keep the economy growing despite an aging workforce and at a time of …

China’s population shrinks for first time in over 60 years
2 years, 2 months ago

China’s population shrinks for first time in over 60 years

Al Jazeera  

China’s population has fallen for the first time since 1961 when the country battled the worst famine in its modern history under Mao Zedong’s disastrous agricultural policy. The new figures mark the first fall in China’s population since 1961, when the country battled the worst famine in its modern history, caused by Mao Zedong’s disastrous agricultural policy known as the …

China reports major population decline amid falling birth rates and aging society
2 years, 2 months ago

China reports major population decline amid falling birth rates and aging society

ABC  

China's population fell last year for the first time in six decades, a historic turn that is expected to mark the start of a long period of population decline with profound implications for its economy and the world. Key points: The decline is blamed on China's longstanding one-child policy which was axed in 2015 Some fear a shrinking labour force …

China will seek to boost birth rate in response to ageing population: Xi
2 years, 5 months ago

China will seek to boost birth rate in response to ageing population: Xi

Live Mint  

The Chinese government is planning to enact policies to boost the birth rate. On Sunday President Xi Jinping said there is an imminent decline in China's population and this could hurt the country's economy. While addressing over 2,000 delegates during a Communist Party meeting Xi said, "We will establish a policy system to boost birth rates and pursue a proactive …

Xi says China will seek to lift birth rate in face of ageing population
2 years, 5 months ago

Xi says China will seek to lift birth rate in face of ageing population

The Hindu  

China will enact policies to boost its birth rate, President Xi Jinping said on October 16, as policymakers worry that an imminent decline in China's population could hurt the world's second-biggest economy. "We will establish a policy system to boost birth rates and pursue a proactive national strategy in response to population ageing," Mr. Xi told some 2,300 delegates in …

China population to start declining by 2025: Health commission officials
2 years, 7 months ago

China population to start declining by 2025: Health commission officials

Hindustan Times  

China's population will begin to shrink by 2025, officials have said, as family sizes grow smaller and citizens age. "The growth rate of the total population has slowed down significantly, and it will enter a stage of negative growth in the '14th Five-Year Plan' period," the National Health Commission said Monday, referring to the period between 2021 and 2025. The …

China’s new birth figures are inaccurate: Expert
2 years, 9 months ago

China’s new birth figures are inaccurate: Expert

Live Mint  

According to an economic history professor, China's new birth figures are erroneous. According to the National Bureau of Statistics, China's birth rate was 0.752 percent and its mortality rate was 0.718 percent, resulting in a natural growth rate of 0.034 percent. According to The Singapore Post, China's overall population has expanded 5.8 percent since 2000, from 1.27 billion to 1.34 …

China faces strains as population ages, birth rate falls
3 years, 9 months ago

China faces strains as population ages, birth rate falls

Associated Press  

BEIJING — Yue Yan is glad to have two daughters but sees why, even with the ruling Communist Party urging them to have more children, fewer Chinese women give birth at all. “If a young couple is busy working and their parents can’t help take care of the children, they will not want kids,” Yue said. “The pressure is just …

China three-child policy aims to rejuvenate aging population
3 years, 9 months ago

China three-child policy aims to rejuvenate aging population

Live Mint  

China said Monday that it would allow all married couples to have as many as three children and provide government support for education and child rearing, a move that comes as Beijing struggles to reverse a worsening demographic situation that presents a host of social and economic challenges. The shift comes more than five years after Beijing ended its decadeslong …

China easing birth limits further to cope with aging society
3 years, 9 months ago

China easing birth limits further to cope with aging society

Associated Press  

BEIJING — China’s ruling Communist Party said Monday it will ease birth limits to allow all couples to have three children instead of two in hopes of slowing the rapid aging of its population, which is adding to strains on the economy and society. The ruling party has enforced birth limits since 1980 to restrain population growth but worries the …

China Relaxes Family Planning Rules; Each Couple To Be Allowed 3 Children
3 years, 9 months ago

China Relaxes Family Planning Rules; Each Couple To Be Allowed 3 Children

ABP News  

New Delhi: After a Politburo meeting chaired by President Xi Jinping, China will allow each couple to have up to three children a move taken in a bid to stop the aging population & declining birth rate from disrupting its economic prospects. “Allowing every couple to have three children and implementing related support policies will help improve the population’s structure,” …

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