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The number of new marriages recorded in China decreased last year, yet despite government efforts to encourage young people to knock, and to prevent children from preventing population in the world’s second largest economy. Born
According to data released on Saturday by the Chinese Ministry of Civil Affairs, about 6.1 million couples registered their weddings in 2024, which is 20.5 percent of the previous year. This has been less record since the ministry released the statistics in 1986.
Weddings – and births – Beijing faces a severe challenge, as it suffers from a shrinking workforce pressure and the pressure of the rapidly aging population on the country’s slow economy.
The rapid decline in the number of marriages in 2024 resumed decades since 2013, after a short recovery in 2023, after eliminating tough covied restrictions.
The number of last year was less than half of the 13 million marriages registered at the top in 2013.
The data released on Saturday also increased the number of divorce. Last year, about 2. 2.6 million couple registered for divorce, increased from 2023 to 28,000.
China has made a 30 -day “cooling off” period mandatory for people who have divorced divorce since 2021, despite criticism that it difficult for women to leave or even abuse marriages. May be.
Despite the slight increase in birth rates last year, China’s population has shrunk for three consecutive years.
The working population, between the ages of 16 and 59, also reduced the last year to 6.83 million, which increased the contraction. During this time, the population of over 60 years continued to expand, with 22 % of the total population.
Chinese officials have seen direct links between low marriages and declining births in the country, where social principles and government rules challenge to have children for unmarried couple.
To change this fall, Chinese officials have developed a raft of measures to shake youth, from financial privileges to propaganda campaigns, to tie youngsters and to create children.
Officials have arranged blind dating events, wedding weddings, and have tried to reduce the tradition of paying for a big “bride’s price” to his next wife’s family from the groom, which has many in rural areas. Poor men have tried to get away from marriage.
Some local governments have even given young couples in cash in cash.
Since 2022, China’s Family Planning Association has launched programs to create “new era marriage and childbirth culture”, which to promote “social value of children’s creation” Cities have been enrolled and young people have been encouraged to marry and “give birth to proper.”
But so far, these policies have failed to persuade Chinese young adults who lack the unemployment, the increasing cost of living, and the strengthening of social well -being.
Many people are postponing marriage and childbirth.
“Life is so tired, how can you have the courage to get married? A high comment on the Chinese social platform Webu on Sunday said in response to a record fewer weddings.
According to Chinese officials and economists, the decline in both marriages and births is due to decades of policies designed to limit the increase in China’s population, resulting in young people less married. Born
In 2015, China announced the abolition of a decades-long child’s policy, allowing couples to have two children, then increased to three children in 2021-but marriage and birth rate. Both are decreasing.
The trend below the strike is also the result of changing attitudes with marriage, especially among young women who are becoming more educated and financially free.
Widespread workplace is facing discrimination and psychological traditions – such as expecting children to take care of children and responsible for domestic work – some women are suffering from marriage.
