In the first nine months of 2024, 4.74 million Chinese couples registered marriages, down 16.6 per cent from 5.
The unyielding downward trend in marriages and births is partly a result of decades of strict population control policies, which reduced the number of young people of marriageable age.
Despite aggressive government efforts to encourage marriages and boost birth rates, data released by the Ministry of Civil Affairs shows that the trend continues to decline.
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