An elementary school in Yimianpo is now a storage yard. The number of children in the town has dropped by half and there are ...

China’s birth rate – the number of births per 1,000 people – has fallen yearly since 2016. In 2023, it reached an all-time low of 6.39, equating to 9.02 million births – the lowest annual figure since ...

Ten years after China ended its one-child policy, the world’s second-largest economy is now grappling with one of the lowest ...

After zealously enforcing the one-child policy, the city of Tianmen has made boosting the birth rate a top priority, as fertility continues to decline across China.

A nurse in the neonatal intensive Care Unit of the People's Hospital is providing care for newborns in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China on May 12, 2025. China is offering couples a subsidy to have ...

China will offer parents an annual childcare subsidy of 3,600 yuan (£376) in an effort to arrest the country’s declining birth rate. The scheme, announced on Monday, will cover all children under ...

China’s long-term economic growth is at risk owing to a shrinking labor force and rapidly aging population, according to Oxford Economics. The country’s potential output growth could fall below 2% by ...

Parents in China are being offered around $500 ( ₹44,000) a year for each of their children under the age of three. This initiative, announced on Monday, is part of the government's first nationwide ...

China’s extreme automation is a strength, but it’s also a response to the country’s most fundamental weakness: the impending ...

China is offering couples a subsidy to have children. The country’s government will pay $500 per year until the child is three years old. The move comes as concerns about China’s birth rate grow. Some ...