🇨🇳 Young people in China are increasingly choosing to stay single, intensifying government fears that the nation could soon face a severe demographic crisis.
In 2021, China registered 7.6 million new marriages—a 6.1% decline from 2020, and the lowest number recorded since Chinese authorities began publicly releasing figures in 1985.
🔻 China’s crude marriage rate—the number of marriages per 1,000 people—also slumped last year to a record low of 5.4, a near-halving of its 2011 peak of 9.7.
For decades, China has relied on its massive working-age population to fuel its outsize economic growth.
Now, as young Chinese increasingly delay or reject marriage and having kids outright, Beijing is worried about the consequences for its already shrinking workforce.
Now, as young Chinese increasingly delay or reject marriage and having kids outright, Beijing is worried about the consequences for its already shrinking workforce.
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