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It has a much younger workforce whose participation in the labour market is far lower than the level in China. [The Economic Times, 22 January 2022.] READ MORE

Because of the declining birth rate, China may, sooner than expected, enter a period of an aged society with shrinking births, as well as negative population growth. [Qu Xiaobo – China [...]

Beijing and Shanghai have extended maternity leave for eligible females by an additional 30 days and introduced the right to “parental leave,” or extra days off per year, for eligible parents of [...]

The decision has been adopted by the Central Committee of the Communist Party to help improve China’s population structure, actively respond to the aging population, and preserve the country’s [...]

Dramatic demographic changes are underway in China. Yet one absolutely momentous demographic trend has attracted far less attention: the coming transformation of the Chinese family structure. [...]