Plummeting Chinese Population Reveals Young People’s Reluctance to Have Children: Expert

Plummeting Chinese Population Reveals Young People’s Reluctance to Have Children: Expert
An elderly woman is piggybacking a boy along a street in Beijing, China on May 11, 2020. Noel Celis/AFP via Getty Images
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China’s senior population official acknowledged in an annual population meeting that China’s population growth slowed down and was expected to record a decline before 2025.

Yang Wenzhuang, director of population monitoring and family development division of China’s National Health Commission, said at the meeting that China’s population is projected to “enter a negative increase,” according toa state-owned Chinese financial news portal Caixin on July 22.