No. of marriages in China in 2024 lowest since late 1970s

The number of registered marriages in China dropped 20.5 percent from the previous year to 6,106,000 in 2024, the lowest since comparable data became available in the late 1970s, despite government efforts to encourage marriage and promote childbirth, official data showed.The latest figure is the lowest since 1978 when China saw 5,978,000 marriages. No data were available for the following year, but the number had been rising since the 1980s before peaking at around 13.47 million in 2013.Amid a graying society, China has introduced a set of measures to boost marriage, such as organizing joi…READ FULL ARTICLE