China’s low-fertility trap
8 months, 2 weeks ago

China’s low-fertility trap

Live Mint  

A SMALL NUMBER should haunt the sleep of China’s leaders: 1.1. Even after controlling for education and degrees of social contact with China’s dominant Han majority, many ethnic groups stand out for wanting larger families. Intrigued, Chaguan headed to Guizhou, a province in China’s south-west with many minorities and the highest birth rates of any region outside Tibet. Faced with the prospect of helping his sons buy cars and homes so that they can marry, he sighed: “I’m under a lot of pressure.” Beware officials claiming to plan for the long term The final stop was Guiyang, the sleepy provincial capital where Han Chinese and minorities live side by side. Even here, 20-something locals are converging with national norms, marrying later and wanting just one or two children, reported Ms Yang, adding: “Probably we are the generation who will have the most children.” Words to haunt China’s leaders.

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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 building childbirth-friendly society
2 months, 1 week ago

China building childbirth-friendly society

China Daily  

BEIJING -- With improved hospital maternity services, toddler care centers, "mom posts," and birth subsidies, China is building a more childbirth-friendly society. "The services offered by birth-friendly hospitals, especially 24-hour labor pain relief, will surely reduce my fear of childbirth," said a 32-year-old woman surnamed Bu. Similarly, a food manufacturer in Sishui County in east China's Shandong Province has introduced …

China says population fell for third year in a row in 2024
2 months, 1 week ago

China says population fell for third year in a row in 2024

Deccan Chronicle  

Beijing: China said Friday its population fell for the third year running in 2024, extending a downward streak after more than six decades of growth as the country faces a rapidly ageing population and persistently low birth rates. And data released Friday showed that the population aged 60 and over reached 310.31 million -- just a few percentage points short …

China’s population falls for third year in a row as birthrate declines
2 months, 1 week ago

China’s population falls for third year in a row as birthrate declines

Al Jazeera  

China’s population continues to fall for third straight year due to declining birthrate and amid concerns for economy. China’s population fell for the third consecutive year in 2024, as a demographic crisis continues to loom over the East Asian superpower. China’s population has been steadily declining since the 1980s, but the year 2022 marked the first time deaths outpaced births …

How to ensure fertility support policies yield desired results
3 months, 3 weeks ago

How to ensure fertility support policies yield desired results

China Daily  

Medical staff at the People's Hospital of Yuping county, Tongren city, Guizhou province, care for newborns on Jan 2, 2024. China has greatly eased its strict family planning policy, and is now encouraging couples to have two to three children by implementing fertility support policies. Furthermore, a few of the current family planning regulations lack rationality and supervision, and some …

How to ensure fertility support policies yield desired results
3 months, 3 weeks ago

How to ensure fertility support policies yield desired results

China Daily  

Medical staff at the People's Hospital of Yuping county, Tongren city, Guizhou province, care for newborns on Jan 2, 2024. China has greatly eased its strict family planning policy, and is now encouraging couples to have two to three children by implementing fertility support policies. Furthermore, a few of the current family planning regulations lack rationality and supervision, and some …

How to ensure fertility support policies yield desired results
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3 months, 3 weeks ago

How to ensure fertility support policies yield desired results

China Daily  

The number and structure of people of marriageable age, including women of childbearing age, in China have undergone comprehensive changes. China has greatly eased its strict family planning policy, and is now encouraging couples to have two to three children by implementing fertility support policies. Furthermore, a few of the current family planning regulations lack rationality and supervision, and some …

Broad-based system needed to boost fertility
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Broad-based system needed to boost fertility

China Daily  

Medical staff at the People's Hospital of Yuping county, Tongren city, Guizhou province, care for newborns on Jan 2, 2024. China's health minister has highlighted the establishment of a childbirth subsidy system, the expansion of childcare services and ensuring the implementation of maternity leave as key steps to building a birth-friendly society and tackling China's demographic challenges. The nation's total …

Broad-based system needed to boost fertility
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Broad-based system needed to boost fertility

China Daily  

Medical staff at the People's Hospital of Yuping county, Tongren city, Guizhou province, care for newborns on Jan 2, 2024. China's health minister has highlighted the establishment of a childbirth subsidy system, the expansion of childcare services and ensuring the implementation of maternity leave as key steps to building a birth-friendly society and tackling China's demographic challenges. The nation's total …

Chinese government is calling women, asking when their last period was, and urging them to get pregnant
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Chinese government is calling women, asking when their last period was, and urging them to get pregnant

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 Women in China say they …

China Embraces Multipronged Approach to Build Birth-Friendly Society
4 months, 4 weeks ago

China Embraces Multipronged Approach to Build Birth-Friendly Society

China Daily  

China is intensifying its efforts to build a more childbirth-friendly society through a multipronged approach. The government has unveiled a range of stimulus measures to support families with children, including expanding child care systems, cultivating a birth-friendly social atmosphere, and strengthening education, housing and employment support.

China Embraces Multipronged Approach to Build Birth-Friendly Society
4 months, 4 weeks ago

China Embraces Multipronged Approach to Build Birth-Friendly Society

China Daily  

China is intensifying its efforts to build a more childbirth-friendly society through a multipronged approach. The government has unveiled a range of stimulus measures to support families with children, including expanding child care systems, cultivating a birth-friendly social atmosphere, and strengthening education, housing and employment support.

Thousands of kindergartens closed across China as birth rate declines sharply
5 months ago

Thousands of kindergartens closed across China as birth rate declines sharply

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 declining birth rate has …

China to create TV shows and films that promote ‘childbearing culture’
5 months ago

China to create TV shows and films that promote ‘childbearing culture’

The Telegraph  

Beijing enforced a “one-child” policy until 2015 that limited couples to just one offspring. However, the longstanding one-child policy left a deep impression on China’s culture that has been difficult to shake, and birth rates have remained depressed. China’s birth rate fell to a record low in 2023 and the population shrunk for the second year in a row. UN …

Countries in Asia are spending millions to reverse falling fertility rates. But throwing money at the issue isn't working
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Countries in Asia are spending millions to reverse falling fertility rates. But throwing money at the issue isn't working

ABC  

The country with the lowest fertility rate in the world is considering paying parents 100 million won in cash for each baby born. "Through this survey, we plan to re-evaluate the country's birth promotion policies to determine whether direct financial subsidies could be an effective solution," the commission said. Japan proposes student loans and more childcare The next few years …

Fertility levels drop below one in many Asian nations: Data
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Fertility levels drop below one in many Asian nations: Data

The Hindu  

Many countries in East and Southeast Asia are in the middle of a population crisis, with fewer births every year and record-low fertility rates. Currently, in four countries — South Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Taiwan — the fertility rates are lower than one. Chart 1 | The chart shows the TFR in China, Singapore, South Korea, Japan, Taiwan and …

Is not having kids selfish? Some women in countries with the world's lowest fertility rates think otherwise
1 year ago

Is not having kids selfish? Some women in countries with the world's lowest fertility rates think otherwise

ABC  

Aoife Yi was just a child when she knew she didn't want her own kids. She says that's because of the "prices" women may pay to become a mother in China — and not just financially. Ahead of elections in April, South Korea's major political parties vowed more public housing and easier loans to encourage childbirth, aiming to allay fears …

Fertility experts examine reasons for falling births
1 year ago

Fertility experts examine reasons for falling births

China Daily  

A nurse demonstrates the proper handling of newborns for parents-to-be on Aug 7 at Huai'an Maternity and Child Healthcare Hospital in Jiangsu province. Zhu Ru, an experienced obstetrician and artificial reproductive technology expert in Anqing, Anhui province, has witnessed firsthand China's shrinking birthrate. Others suffer from ovulation disorders due to obesity or excessive weight loss," Zhu told China Daily after …

Birth rates fall to all-time lows in Japan and South Korea
1 year, 1 month ago

Birth rates fall to all-time lows in Japan and South Korea

The Telegraph  

South Korea’s fertility rate hit a record low in 2023, fuelling fears of “national extinction” as politicians scramble for solutions to reverse the population decline. Projections that it could nosedive further to 0.68 this year have stoked concern of a demographic time bomb that represents the biggest risk to South Korea’s economy, social welfare and health systems, as well as …

Time needed for incentives to boost fertility: Expert
1 year, 1 month ago

Time needed for incentives to boost fertility: Expert

China Daily  

The makeover of a sculpture of a typical Chinese family at a park in Wuhan, Hubei province, soared to the top of microblogging platform Sina Weibo's trending list at the beginning of this year, generating 39 million views. This family sculpture mirrors China's efforts in recent years to encourage births, improve the national demographic structure and tackle population aging. On …

How China lost the plot on population
1 year, 2 months ago

How China lost the plot on population

Hindustan Times  

On September 25, 1980, the Communist Party of China released a document, titled “Open Letter to members of the Chinese Communist Party and the Communist Youth League”, advocating the “one-child per couple” policy. “The policy also lightened pressure on peoples’ livelihood, on education, on job hunting and on medical care, and in turn has saved the nation and families the …

China's population falls for second straight year as births drop despite end of one-child policy
1 year, 2 months ago

China's population falls for second straight year as births drop despite end of one-child policy

ABC  

China's population fell by 2 million people in 2023, marking 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. Key points: China's population stands at around 1.4 billion people, according to the country's statistics bureau It fell by 2 million people in 2023, …

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 declines for 2nd year in a row, and so has its workforce; surge seen in elderly people
1 year, 2 months ago

China's population declines for 2nd year in a row, and so has its workforce; surge seen in elderly people

Hindustan Times  

China has reported a downward trend in its population growth for the second consecutive time in 2023, giving rise to its deepening demographic challenge, which is likely to burden its economy – the second largest in the world. The birth rate saw a record drop of 6.39 births per 1,000 people from 6.77 a year earlier. According to China's National …

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 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 …

Thinking beyond new births for a sustainable future
1 year, 8 months ago

Thinking beyond new births for a sustainable future

China Daily  

A nurse takes care of a newborn baby at Gansu Provincial Maternity and Childcare Hospital in Lanzhou. Since China has one of the lowest fertility rates in the world, the issue has attracted global attention over the past year, which has fed into two huge news stories: China's population is declining, and India has "overtaken" China in terms of total …

Thinking beyond new births for a sustainable future
1 year, 8 months ago

Thinking beyond new births for a sustainable future

China Daily  

A nurse takes care of a newborn baby at Gansu Provincial Maternity and Childcare Hospital in Lanzhou. Since China has one of the lowest fertility rates in the world, the issue has attracted global attention over the past year, which has fed into two huge news stories: China's population is declining, and India has "overtaken" China in terms of total …

China needs to build marriage-friendly society
1 year, 8 months ago

China needs to build marriage-friendly society

China Daily  

A family pose for a photo at the Central University of Finance and Economics in Beijing. The declining marriage and fertility rates in China have become issues of greater concern in recent times due to negative population growth, a shrinking workforce and a fast rising aging population. China's demographic trend is one of "low marriage rate, even lower fertility rates …

China needs to build marriage-friendly society
1 year, 8 months ago

China needs to build marriage-friendly society

China Daily  

A family pose for a photo at the Central University of Finance and Economics in Beijing. The declining marriage and fertility rates in China have become issues of greater concern in recent times due to negative population growth, a shrinking workforce and a fast rising aging population. China's demographic trend is one of "low marriage rate, even lower fertility rates …

China's biggest online travel agency to pay employees 1 bn yuan to have kids as population rapidly ages, birth rate fall
1 year, 8 months ago

China's biggest online travel agency to pay employees 1 bn yuan to have kids as population rapidly ages, birth rate fall

Firstpost  

Many Chinese women are reluctant to have more than one or even any children due to the high costs of child-rearing and as the lack of childcare means becoming a parent often entails giving up a career. As China is struggling with an ageing population and low birth rate, the country’s biggest online travel agency Trip.com Group announced on Friday …

Firm course charted for modernization
1 year, 9 months ago

Firm course charted for modernization

China Daily  

More workers Considering factors such as continuously rising education levels and the migration of unemployed rural workers to urban areas with improved production efficiency, Zhang said that size of the new labor force in China each year would continue to rise through 2036. Zhang said, "There is no doubt that China's fertility rate is at a relatively low level, but …

Covid lockdowns to blame? Marriages in China slump to historic low
1 year, 9 months ago

Covid lockdowns to blame? Marriages in China slump to historic low

Hindustan Times  

Marriages in China dropped in 2022 to a record low point, Reuters reported quoting local news outlet Yicai. In 2022, China's population fell for the first time in six decades, marking the start of a long period of decline that could impact the country's economy and the world, experts believe. China's birth rate fell last year to 6.77 births per …

Why many 'double income, no kids' couples in China don't want children
1 year, 10 months ago

Why many 'double income, no kids' couples in China don't want children

ABC  

Amid a push for Chinese couples to have more babies, Beijing resident Four Wang, 42, and his wife have decided it is too much of a risk. Mr Wang and his wife, who also works full time, are among a growing number of "double income, no kids", or DINKS, in China. Professor Hu said this was a roadblock in China's …

'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 …

Explained: How China is planning to usher in 'new era' of marriage and childbearing culture
1 year, 10 months ago

Explained: How China is planning to usher in 'new era' of marriage and childbearing culture

Firstpost  

China’s population is on a decline. China’s Family Planning Association, a national body that implements the government’s population and fertility measures, announced that the East Asian nation will launch the projects to encourage women to marry and have children, state backed Global Times reported on Monday. AFP Local authorities across China have unveiled a series of measures to encourage child-bearing, …

China launches projects to build 'new-era' marriage, childbearing culture
1 year, 10 months ago

China launches projects to build 'new-era' marriage, childbearing culture

The Hindu  

China will launch pilot projects in more than 20 cities to create a “new-era“ marriage and childbearing culture to foster a friendly child-bearing environment, the latest move by authorities to boost the country’s falling birth rate. China’s Family Planning Association, a national body that implements the government’s population and fertility measures, will launch the projects to encourage women to marry …

China weighs giving single women IVF access to stem population decline
1 year, 11 months ago

China weighs giving single women IVF access to stem population decline

The Hindu  

As China tries to slow its demographic decline, women like Chen Luojin could be part of the solution. Concerned about China's first population drop in six decades and its rapid ageing, the government's political advisers proposed in March that single and unmarried women should have access to egg freezing and IVF treatment, among other services. "If China changes their policy …

Delaying marriage, kids, factor of low birth rate
1 year, 11 months ago

Delaying marriage, kids, factor of low birth rate

China Daily  

Chinese people predominantly prefer to have fewer babies and to provide the best possible conditions for bringing up their children, China's top health authority said on Tuesday, adding that more efforts will be made to encourage young people to get married and have children at adequate ages. The National Health Commission made the comments in response to a national political …

Delaying marriage, kids, factor of low birth rate
1 year, 11 months ago

Delaying marriage, kids, factor of low birth rate

China Daily  

Chinese people predominantly prefer to have fewer babies and to provide the best possible conditions for bringing up their children, China's top health authority said on Tuesday, adding that more efforts will be made to encourage young people to get married and have children at adequate ages. The National Health Commission made the comments in response to a national political …

Delaying marriage, kids, factor of low birth rate
1 year, 11 months ago

Delaying marriage, kids, factor of low birth rate

China Daily  

Chinese people predominantly prefer to have fewer babies and to provide the best possible conditions for bringing up their children, China's top health authority said on Tuesday, adding that more efforts will be made to encourage young people to get married and have children at adequate ages. The National Health Commission made the comments in response to a national political …

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 …

Japan’s new birth declines again, plunging to a record low
2 years, 1 month ago

Japan’s new birth declines again, plunging to a record low

Firstpost  

Tokyo: Japan recorded the biggest fall in new births last year as the number of babies dropped below 800,000 for the first time since records began in 1899, government data revealed on Tuesday. The number of deaths last year “hit a record high of 1,582,033, up 129,744.” Since 1973, when the number of new births peaked at around 2.09 million, …

South Korea shatters its own record for world’s lowest fertility rate: Report
2 years, 1 month ago

South Korea shatters its own record for world’s lowest fertility rate: Report

Hindustan Times  

South Korea has once again shattered its own record for the world’s lowest fertility rate. According to the figures released by Statistics Korea on Wednesday, the fertility rate or the average number of expected babies per South Korean woman over her reproductive life, fell to 0.78 in 2022, down from 0.81 a year earlier, CNN reported. The fertility rate in …

China offers 30 days paid ‘marriage leaves’ to tackle declining birth rate
2 years, 1 month ago

China offers 30 days paid ‘marriage leaves’ to tackle declining birth rate

Firstpost  

Beijing: After announcing plans of covering fertility treatments to boost a declining birth rate, some provinces in China will offer 30 days of paid leaves for newlyweds couples. According to reports by China’s People’s Daily Health, the north-western province of Gansu as well as the province of Shanxi will now give 30 days of paid marriage leaves while Shanghai gives …

Chinese provinces give 30 days' paid 'marriage leave' to boost birth rate
2 years, 1 month ago

Chinese provinces give 30 days' paid 'marriage leave' to boost birth rate

ABC  

Some Chinese provinces are giving young newlyweds 30 days of paid leave in the hope of encouraging marriage and boosting a flagging birth rate, the Communist Party mouthpiece the People's Daily says. Key points: Last year China recorded its lowest ever birth rate That's due to the one-child policy and surging education costs An experts says there needs to be …

China needs stronger family-focussed policies to spur births: Expert
2 years, 1 month ago

China needs stronger family-focussed policies to spur births: Expert

Firstpost  

Beijing: China’s falling population could threaten the world’s second-biggest economy, a Chinese family planning expert said, adding that the country should enhance incentives for people to build families and boost the birth rate. Wang Pei’an, deputy director of the China Family Planning Association, said on Saturday more tax incentives should be created based on the family unit that could encourage …

China hopes to reverse low birth rate with free fertility treatment
2 years, 1 month ago

China hopes to reverse low birth rate with free fertility treatment

Firstpost  

Beijing: In a bid to address a plummeting birth rate, China is planning to offer free fertility treatments to its citizens under the national insurance scheme. The country’s National Healthcare Security Administration has said that it would extend its coverage to bear the costs of fertility treatments like assisted reproductive technology and in vitro fertilisation for couples trying to conceive. …

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