In China, a decline in marriage rates of 12.4 percent in 2023 has been reversing for nearly a decade as more young people tied the knot after postponing their weddings due to the COVID- 19 pandemic.
According to statistics released by the Ministry of Civil Affairs final year, the number of brides increased to 7.68 million next year. This was away 845, 000 people from 2022 but still far below the top of 13.47 million people hit in 2013.
The data comes after China’s Premier Li Qiang pledged in March that the government may function towards” a birth- polite society and promote lengthy- term, sensible population development”, as well as reducing the cost of childbirth, parenting and education.
Policymakers are grappling with how to change a community decline where society is rapidly aging and the birthrate is declining. In the upcoming decade, around 300 million Chinese people are expected to retire, making up nearly the entire population.
China’s populace decreased for the second consecutive year in 2023 as COVID-19’s report low birth rate and deaths accelerated a decline that officials fear will have a significant impact on the country’s development potential.