INSIGHT: GREATER CHINA - China records first population dip since 1961, while policymakers

JANUARY 26, 2023 INSIGHT: GREATER CHINA China records first population dip since 1961, while policymakers struggle to catch up THE TAKEAWAY expect an even stronger surge in the number of elderly citizens over the next two decades, as “baby boomers,” With its population shrinking by 850,000 in 2022, born post-famine in the 1960s, enter retirement. [...] As central and local for China at the Economist Intelligence Unit, told authorities rush to provide birth subsidies, many the BBC that COVID-19 and the ensuing lockdowns young Chinese say structural ills in society deter them likely drove down birthrates. [...] The government, then, needs to ensure stronger protections for women if it hopes to Since the introduction of the three-child policy in revive the birthrate. [...] Demographer Cui Shuyi Boosting birthrates is likely to be part of the primary of the Shandong Academy of Social Sciences told the agenda, and delegates’ proposals will shine light on 21st Century Business Herald that for most Chinese emergent government thinking. [...] Over the past decade, a nationwide megacities and coastal hubs enjoy the benefits of discourse on gender inequality has highlighted the internal migration for now.