China’s tech hub Shenzhen saw its population drop by 19,800, which was the first population drop since the city was established in 1979. An economist believes that the population decline can be attributed to the harsh zero-COVID policy, China’s decoupling from the United States, and the relocation of the industrial chain, which have led to…
Shenzhen’s Resident Population Falls for First Time Since City’s Founding in 1979
Beijing Attempts to Reverse China’s Population Decline by Softening Barbaric One-Child Policy Slogans
April 7, 2023
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News Analysis Many local authorities in China have recently issued notices to revise the one-child policy slogans on billboards. The slogans, often gruesome and brutal, reflect the horror and inhumanity of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) policy over the past few decades. On March 27, the Health Commission of Fengjie County in Chongqing Municipality issued…
China’s Population Decline Impacts its Education Sector
China’s population has entered an era of negative growth, and the impact of plummeting birth rates has spread to the education sector. The Asian giant may have seen a short baby boom in 2015 as many families decided to have a second child after the communist regime’s draconian one-child policy was lifted. However, instead of…
China’s Economic Future Can Be Predicted by Population
Commentary China released its latest population figure for 2022, recording a year-over-year decline, which had not been seen since the Great Leap Forward in the early 1960s. Population growth is important for economic growth because all outputs are produced by labor and capital (non-labor), the two standard input factors. Given a production function in terms…
China Registers First Annual Population Fall in Decades, Economic Crisis Accompanied by COVID-19
January 17, 2023
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The population of China fell last year for the first time since the 1960s, with births dropping and deaths rising, strengthening fears about a long-term economic decline. The Chinese population declined by roughly 850,000 people to a total of 1.41175 billion in 2022, per the country’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). This is the first…
China’s Population Heading Toward Negative Growth
August 22, 2022
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Beijing has admitted for the first time that China’s population will experience negative growth by 2025, according to an article from China’s National Health Commission, published Aug. 1 in Qiushi, a state-controlled magazine. The article predicts that the declining population trend may prove difficult to reverse, with dire consequences for the country. Entitled “Writing a…
Population Declines in 16 of China’s Provinces, While 11 Have Fewer Births Than Deaths
Among China’s 31 provinces and municipalities, 16 provinces had a lower population in 2021 than the year before; while 11 provinces had lower birth rates than death rates, according to official data collected last year. The data is from public notices issued by local authorities and the China Statistical Yearbook. By the end of 2021,…
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