China's total population dropped for a third consecutive year in 2024, but a slight increase in the number of newborns demonstrates the outcomes of a national push to build a birth-friendly society ...

According to the National Statistics Bureau, China has recorded a negative natural increase for the third consecutive year despite a rise in the number of births. China has been experiencing ...

No more ‘dragon babies’: China’s birth figures likely to tumble again in 2025 When China recorded an uptick in births last year, some argued the country’s baby bust may be ending.

One analyst attributes the baby bump to the auspicious Year of the Dragon but warns the long-term outlook is bleak.

"There will be big cultural differences, which means all aspects of life need to be adjusted," said Yang, who employs a Chinese nanny for 9,500 yuan (US$1,333) a month.

China's low birth rate and aging population are ending any hopes Beijing had of overtaking the U.S. as an economic giant.

Generous cash incentives to encourage births are paying off in one Chinese city ... rare bright spot amid a national trend of falling birth rates and an ageing population – both of which ...

China's total number of births was 9.54 million versus 9.02 million in 2023, the statistics bureau said. The birth rate rose to 6.77 births per 1,000 people in 2024 versus 6.39 per 1,000 people in ...

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The modest bump in 2024 is a temporary rebound driven by unusually favourable social conditions, say analysts. Read more at ...

BEIJING--Yue Yan is glad to have two daughters but sees why, even with the ruling Communist Party urging them to have more children, fewer Chinese women give birth at all. Yue, 35, spends days ...

The Chinese zodiac's Year of the Dragon is thought to be auspicious for childbearing, which may contribute to this hump. Nevertheless, it remained the second-lowest birth rate since the People's ...