While its demographic dividend continues to sustain robust domestic demand and productivity, China is actively fostering a ...

As China’s government worries about the falling birthrate, some private employers have ordered workers to do their part, or ...

However, analysts doubt such a change would have an impact in a country where couples are tying the knot later and in fewer ...

China has the second-biggest population in the world at 1.4 billion - one that is aging quickly. The birth rate fell for decades due to China's 1980-2015 one-child policy and rapid urbanisation.

“Given that the vast majority of births in China occur within marriage … the sharp decline in marriage registrations in 2024 is a clear indicator that the birth rate will continue to drop in ...

Police in Hengyang, Hunan province have detained a person surnamed Wu and seven others suspected of forging and trafficking medical birth certificates, China Central Television reported on Saturday.

China had just 9.56 million births in 2022, according to a report published by the National Health Commission. It was the lowest figure since records began in 1949.