Category: China low birth rates

Abbott Withdrawing Infant Formula From China Amid Declining Birth Rates

News Analysis After 24 years in China, Abbott, the largest U.S. supplier of infant formula, has decided to pull out a significant part of its operations from China. In recent years, the number of newborns in China has dropped significantly while more and more foreign companies are moving their supply chains out of the country….


China’s Population Heading Toward Negative Growth

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,…


Beijing Eyes Unmarried Teens as China’s Population Continues to Plummet

In the face of a sharp drop in China’s birth rate, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) authorities have introduced a number of policies to encourage childbirth, but so far, none has worked. The desire to have babies among people of childbearing age continues to decline. However, instead of reviewing and correcting the mistakes of its…


Beijing Eyes Unmarried Teens as China’s Population Continues to Decline

In the face of a sharp drop in China’s birth rate, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) authorities have introduced a number of policies to encourage childbirth, but so far, none has worked. The desire to have babies among people of childbearing age continues to decline. However, instead of reviewing and correcting the mistakes of its…


Key Issues About China’s Demographics Overlooked

Commentary After China announced the results of its seventh national census, various criticisms immediately followed, mostly focusing on the serious distortion of facts. Falsification of statistical data is a systemic disease that has existed in China since the founding of the Chinese communist regime. Before the authorities implemented the one-child policy in 1980, which aroused…


CCP Signals to Fully Lift Restrictions on Birth Control as Population Crisis Looms

China’s population is aging and the number of births has plummeted. The Central Bank of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has published a paper calling for full liberalization and encouragement of childbearing. Some experts say that for economic reasons and overall war preparedness, Xi Jinping may go back to Mao Zedong’s route and fully lift…