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China Birth Rate

China’s birth-rate crisis deepens demographic worries

China’s population decline is accelerating, underscoring the long-term consequences of its former one-child policy and raising fresh concerns about the country’s future workforce and economic stability.

20 Jan 2026-14:00
China brings in 13% tax on contraceptives in bid to boost birth rates

Chinese people will pay a 13% sales tax on contraceptives from 1 January, while childcare services will be exempt, as the world's second-largest economy tries to boost birth rates.

01 Jan 2026-13:25
China to increase birth rate with $500 childcare subsidies

China's government will offer subsidies of $500 per child under the age of three per year, according to Beijing's state media on Monday, as the country faces a looming demographic crisis.

28 Jul 2025-19:57
China's strategy to address declining birth rate

09 Mar 2025-15:00