China’s marriage rate drops to lowest level in almost two decades
Beijing has in recent years rolled out a series of measures aimed at increasing marriage rates and childbearing, while fertility rates for the country as a whole continue to plummet.
China’s marriage rate has reached a 20-year low, according to recent data, exacerbating concerns over the nation’s demographic crisis. In the first nine months of the year, 4.65 million couples married, while 2.08 million divorced. Despite Beijing’s efforts to boost marriage rates and childbirth through various measures, the country’s overall fertility rates remain in decline, with women bearing fewer children than during the era of the one-child policy.
This demographic shift is expected to have significant fiscal implications for years to come, prompting a prominent China academic to call for "forward-looking plans for immigration."
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