Beijing has announced a nationwide childcare subsidy policy to try and encourage people to have more children, but experts ...

A national push to reverse China's population decline could unlock long-term upside in consumer, housing, and EV sectors.

China offers parents £375 per child to tackle declining birth rate - Nationwide subsidy scheme expected to benefit over 20 ...

Beijing’s first nationwide child-care subsidy marks a policy shift—but economists say the modest payouts may not be enough to ...

Health authorities in China's southwestern Sichuan province are proposing to extend marriage leave up to 25 days and maternity leave up to 150 days, to help create a "fertility-friendly society ...

As marriage registrations in China continued to decline in the first quarter of the year, local governments have dangled cash rewards as high as 40,000 yuan (US$5,487) in front of young couples in ...

In the first quarter of this year, China recorded 1.81 million marriage registrations, according to the Ministry of Civil Affairs. This is eight percent less than the same period last year.

34.9 million more men China faces a significant gender imbalance, with around 34.9 million more men than women, according to China’s seventh national population census in 2020, which was a result of ...

The data are stark: in 2024, China’s total fertility rate stood at approximately 1.1, roughly half the 2.1 replacement level required for population stability. Similarly, the population declined ...

Same-sex acts were decriminalised in China in 1997, and homosexuality was removed from the country's mental illness list in 2001. As of June 2012 a 14-year-old ban was lifted allowing lesbians ...

After China's Communist revolution in 1949, homosexuality was considered grounds for persecution. Today, the environment for gay men and lesbians here is more tolerant.