China recorded 7.93 million births in 2025, the lowest level since at least the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949.

China’s Population Drops for the Fourth Year in a Row, Threatening Long-Term Risks for the Country’s Economy ...

Despite Beijing’s campaign to encourage couples to have more children, new data shows China’s population decline is ...

Despite efforts to encourage young couples to have children, China's birth rate hit a record low.

China’s birth rate hit rock bottom, one decade after it announced the end of its one-child policy, multiple outlets reported ...

Last week, Beijing’s release of China’s national birth count for 2025 left demographers stunned. The national birth total ...

China’s population crisis deepened in 2025 as births fell to a historic low, highlighting the limits of Beijing’s efforts to boost fertility through subsidies and policy reforms.

A decade after ending the one-child policy, China is pushing a range of ideas and policies to try to encourage more births as ...

China is shrinking as more couples are making a conscious choice not to have babies, a challenge for President Xi Jinping's ...

China’s population fell again, marking the fourth straight year of decline. According to new government data released this week, the nation recorded its lowest birth rate since the 1949 communist ...

China’s economy met the government’s official growth target in 2025, with official figures showing real gross domestic product (GDP) expanded by 5%. Exports played an outsized role in delivering this ...

Its current trajectory may have far-reaching economic consequences. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...