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VIVA – China's National Health Commission explained several reasons for decreasing extremely in population during recent years. There are because the COVID-19, people are delaying marriage and having children, and others.
According to the Commission on August 22, 2022 many women in China continue to delay their plans to marry and have children due to the high costs of education and childcare.
China's National Health Commission also added that the rapid economic and social development has led to big changes in the population figures in China.
Young people are moving to urban areas and more time is being spent pursuing their education and careers. Demographers also say China's Zero Covid policy has caused damage to Beijing's desire to have children.
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Quoting Al Jazeera, China's National Health Commission said the coronavirus was also having a clear impact on the marriage and birth arrangements of some people.
This year, it will occur the lowest drop in births in China, known to fall below 10 million compared to 10.6 million babies last year and lower than in 2020.
China is known to have a fertility rate of 1.16 percent in 2021, one of the lowest rates in the world and below the 2.1 percent rate that The Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development assumes necessary for a stable population.
After implementing a one-child policy from 1980 to 2015, China has acknowledged that its population will decrease.
To handle this problem, national and provincial authorities over the past year have introduced measures such as tax breaks, longer maternity leave, improved health insurance, housing subsidies and additional money for a third child to get Beijing people to change their minds and want to have children.
