Marriage Rates Decline in China Amid High Unemployment Rate

‘Young people feel hopeless, they are in despair,’ Chinese scholar Zhang Dandan said.

A young couple wait to get their marriage certificates at a marriage registry in Shenyang in China's northeastern Liaoning province, on February 22, 2022. AFP

Fewer Chinese people are getting married, according to data released by the Chinese Ministry of Civil Affairs on June 14.

Some China watchers believe that the trend is being driven by the high cost of marriage and overwhelming economic pressures on young people.