BEIJING: The world’s most populous country, the People’s Republic of China, has seen its birth rate fall to its lowest level since the 1960s, according to the country’s only census of the past decade. Is.
After this situation, there is a demand for the end of birth control policies, but some experts in China say that the decrease in the birth rate is not only the result of these policies, but some other factors are also working behind it. are
China, which has the status of an economic superpower in the world, is seeing a significant decrease in the birth rate, from this situation, it is estimated that China’s population will decrease by 2025.
The British news agency Reuters, quoting the local newspaper Global Times and a senior official of the Department of Health, said that there has been a significant decrease in the birth rate in various provinces.
According to the report, the data to be released on Sunday show that the birth rate in 2021 is lower than it has been in decades. In Hunan Province, the annual birth rate has dropped below 500,000 for the first time in 60 years.
A senior official of the Chinese Ministry of Health says that there is a fear that the country’s population will decrease before 2025 due to the decrease in the country’s population growth rate.
According to the Global Times report, Guangdong province is the only province in China where the new birth rate has exceeded one million.
It should be noted that China is currently trying to overcome its population decline, while many Chinese young men and women are avoiding childbearing due to inflation and workplace pressure, among other factors. .
In the report of the newspaper Global Times, referring to Yang Weizong, head of the population department of the National Health Commission, it is said that looking at the birth rate in the country in 2021, it can be said that the population is likely to decrease significantly by 2025. .