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In 2015, China announced an end to its decades-long one-child policy, allowing couples to have two children, then increased that to three children in 2021 – but both marriage and birth rates ...
Attitudes about marriage have been influenced by Western countries, with more couples nowadays opting for western style weddings. Marriage in China has undergone change during the country's economic reform period, especially as a result of new legal policies such as the New Marriage Law of 1950 and the family planning policy in place from 1979 to 2015.
China's population shrinkage is having a big effect on its economy. Marriage rates have halved over the last decade, with only 3.4 million couples marrying in the first half.
Marriages in China dropped in 2022 to their lowest since records began, local news outlet Yicai reported on Sunday, continuing a steady decline over the past decade although the matrimonial total ...
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Because the age distribution of people at first marriage is skewed with a longer tail towards older ages, [1] the majority of people marry before the average age of first marriage. The median age is a more precise representation of when the majority of people marry; for most reporting sources, however, only the average age at marriage is reported.
Divorce rates in Shanghai and Beijing, China's two most populated economic centres, have been steadily rising since 2005 with it reaching 30% in 2012. [46] In 2016, divorce rates rose by 8.3% from 2015 to 4.2 million. [47] At the same time, in 2017, marriage rates have declined since 2013 to 8.3%, down from a peak of 9.9% in 2013. [47]
Policymakers are struggling to reverse the fall in new births, which are closely linked to marriage rates, after China's population fell for a second consecutive year in 2023.