It said the move is to promote "age-appropriate marriage and childbearing." The county is also handing out childcare subsidies and benefits, to encourage people to have babies. China's so desperate to ...

China is rolling out a slew of measures to promote marriages and boost birth rates. In 2022, China's population started shrinking for the first time in six decades. The trend has spurred renewed ...

After a 30-year exemption, China is slapping a 13 per cent sales tax on condoms, birth control pills and devices, hoping to ...

Faced with falling births, China’s efforts to stabilize a shrinking population and maintain economic growth are failing. HONG KONG — China’s ruling Communist Party is facing a national emergency. To ...

China's efforts to bolster birth rates have yet to address the core reasons for their rapid decline, according to analysts. The number of new marriage registrations also plunged by 25% year on year in ...

FUSHUN, China—This rust-belt hub helped fuel China’s economic rise. Now, it offers a view of China’s future—in which eroding ...

China's young parents are digital-natives, have a global outlook and prefer experiential learning. That mindset is shaping how — and where — they spend. The baby-care and maternity market was ...

HONG KONG — China’s population declined last year for the second year in a row, officials said Wednesday, spurred by record-low births and a wave of Covid-19 deaths that have deepened demographic ...

China hopes the year of the dragon will reverse—at least temporarily—the country's population decline. This "minor baby boom" will be brought about by the dragon's high status in the Chinese zodiac, ...

TIANJIN, China (Reuters) - Fangfang was just a few days old when she was abandoned on a near freezing New Year's Day in north China. She was relatively lucky. Unlike the many who are found dumped in ...

HONG KONG — China’s ruling Communist Party is facing a national emergency. To fix it, the party wants more women to have more babies. It has offered them sweeteners, like cheaper housing, tax benefits ...