Since 1978, China’s birth rate has plunged to its lowest levels, according to the latest data released by the country’s national bureau of statistics. According to the report, only 8.

China’s birth rate plunges to lowest level since 1978: Report

China has very quickly shifted from one-child policy and forcing women to get abortions, to now mulling over giving an additional six months of maternity leave. Reason?

In need of more babies, this Chinese province is thinking of 1-year paid maternity leave

When Vincy Li applied to a prestigious police academy graduate program in China, she knew her odds of success were low. After all, the school set quotas, typically capping the number of female students at no more than one-quarter of the student body.

As Chinese women seek to crack male professions, schools stand in the way

China on Monday unveiled a new set of guidelines aiming to improve sex education and strengthen post-abortion and post-childbirth family planning services, while announcing that it intends to reduce the number of abortions performed for “non-medical purposes”.

Now, China is cracking down on abortions for 'non-medical purposes'

According to a WeChat post from the local administration this week, families with three children in Linze county of China's Gansu province, will be eligible for a lump sum payment of 5,000 yuan ($777) when the third child is born, as well as 10,000 yuan per year until the child reaches the age of three.

This Chinese county to give cash handouts to couples to have babies

China is mulling over several steps to tackle its population crisis. According to a report, China is considering lifting restrictions on family planning by 2025.

China battles an ageing population, plans to ease family planning rules

China has permitted couples to have three children amid falling birth rates that threaten China's economic and military growth. But Chinese couples aren't thinking about a second child, let alone a third one.

Gravitas: China permits three children per couple

The demographics of the world's most populous country is set to change as China will experience a negative growth after 2025, which will result in a shortage of consumer demand, a well-known Chinese economist has cautioned.

China's population to enter negative growth after 2025: Report 

According to China's ministry of public security, the number of newborns in the country dropped by 15 per cent last year. Watch: China saw 10.03 million births in 2020, compared to 11.

China's birth rate falls in 2020 amid coronavirus pandemic

A demographic time bomb has become the latest worry of the Chinese regime with the elderly population in China increasing rapidly. China's national pension fund is rapidly depleting and the fertility rates are at an all-time low as the country encourages couples to have more babies.

China mulls increasing retirement age as demographic time bomb ticks

Millions of census-takers began knocking on doors across China on Sunday for a once-a-decade head count of the world's largest population that for the first time will use mobile apps to help crunch the massive numbers.

China starts once-a-decade census of world's largest population

China has eased its two-child limit policy over concerns of the aging population and a decline in the birth rate. In the event that current patterns proceed, China's population will top at 1.

China relaxes two-child limit policy over concerns of aging population and decline in birth rate

China, world's most populous country, will launch its seventh national census on November 1. According to state-run news agency Xinhua, China will mobilise as many as 7 million census workers in the colossal undertaking -- collecting names, ID numbers, gender, marital details, as well as education and professional information.

China prepares to count over 1.3 billion people amid coronavirus pandemic

China’s population is set to reach a peak of 1.442 billion in 2029 and start a long period of “unstoppable” decline in 2030, government scholars said in a research report published on Friday.

China's population set to peak at 1.44 billion in 2029: Government report

China's population, the world's largest, is expected to experience continuous negative growth from 2030 after reaching a peak of 1.44 billion in 2029, a leading Chinese think-tank has said.

After peak in 2029, China's population to experience continuous negative growth: Study