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New marriages in China crash to record low, while divorces on the rise
The number of new marriages recorded in China fell to a record low last year, despite sweeping government efforts to encourage young people to tie the knot and have babies to halt demographic decline in the world’s second-largest economy.
China’s marriage problem: fewer young people, and fewer weddings
Huang’s situation reflects a deep shift across Chinese society: fewer young people are getting married. New marriage registrations fell 20.5 per cent in 2024 to just 6.1mn, the biggest drop on record and the lowest level since 1978, according to government data released this week.
Marriage Rates in China Plunge to Record Low
Marriage rates in China continued to plummet last year, deepening the country’s demographic crisis and highlighting the public’s changing attitudes towards marriage, childbirth, family planning, and more.
China Marriages Fall to Record Low in Challenge for Government
Marriages in China plunged by a fifth to the lowest level on record last year, a setback to efforts by the government to reverse a demographic crisis threatening the world’s second-biggest economy.
She said no: marriages in China plummet to record low
Citizens resist ruling party’s push to have more babies As China faces a decreasing and ageing population, which threatens the country's economic future, the authoritarian government wants people to have more children.
Divorce Is Being Politicized in China—and Trapping Women in Abusive Marriages
Lawyers and sociologists say many women in abusive marriages in China have been actively discouraged from divorcing violent husbands.
How China is tackling declining marriage rates with cash incentives to tie the knot
China is offering cash rewards and subsidies to encourage marriage and increase birth rates amid a continuing demographic ...
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China Plays Cupid, Pays Couples Rs 17,783 To Boost Marriage Rate
Married couples in Luliang are given 2,000 yuan for their first registered child, 5,000 for their second and 8,000 for their ...
China's Marriage Numbers Plunge Amid Population Crisis
After seven years of decline, China's birth rate ticked slightly upward last year, a shift analysts have attributed to the ...
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China pays cash to boost weddings
Moments after registering their marriage, Zhang Gang and Weng Linbin posed in front of a red backdrop adorned with a Chinese ...
China's Population Woes: Marriages hit historic low, birth rates plummet, divorces rise
As per data released by Ministry of Civil Affairs, only 6.1 million couples registered their marriages last year, a ...
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China: Valentine's Day in Yichang
Note: no sound] Couples apply for marriage certificates at the Civil Affairs Bureau's marriage registration office on ...