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China population: cash reward for couples if bride is 25 or younger in latest effort to boost marriages, births

  • Couples in Changshan county in the western Zhejiang province will be given 1,000 yuan (US$138) in cash if the bride is aged 25 or younger
  • Wedding registrations in China fell for the ninth consecutive year in 2022 as the overall population declined for the first time in six decades
Luna Sun in Beijing
Published: 8:00am, 29 Aug, 2023
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Last year, wedding rdegistrations declined to 6.83 million, marking the ninth consecutive annual decline and reaching the lowest level since the late 1970s. Photo: Xinhua

A county in one of China’s wealthiest provinces has announced a cash reward for couples if the bride is 25 or younger – a first for China as it scrambles for new and efficient ways to incentivise births against an intensifying demographic crisis.

Changshan county in the western Zhejiang province announced last week that newlyweds will receive 1,000 yuan (US$138) in cash if the bride is aged 25 or younger. In China, the legal marriage age is 22 for men and 20 for women.

The move is in stark contrast with the prevailing sentiment in China since the late 1970s until the one-child policy was abolished in 2016 when the Chinese government promoted late marriage and late births, as well as fewer and better births, as part of its family planning campaign.

Last year, wedding registrations in China declined to 6.83 million, marking the ninth consecutive annual decline and the lowest level since the late 1970s.

In April, a district in Zhejiang’s Shaoxing city rolled out a list of pronatalist policies, including offering a gift package worth 1,000 yuan to newlyweds, although no age limit was specified.

Local governments across China have been rolling out a slew of measures, including cash awards and parental leave.

Some have also played matchmaker to salvage the country’s plunging rates of births and new marriages.

However, demographers have conceded that any immediate effects are unlikely, and that China should accept and adapt to the new norm of low births.

Last week’s Qixi Festival, a traditional romantic occasion often referred to as Chinese Valentine’s Day, was marked with many people in the Western city of Xian receiving text messages from the local health commission appealing for couples to “get married and give birth at an appropriate age … carry on the Chinese heritage and share in the responsibility of national rejuvenation”.

The demographic crisis underlined by the falling number of births and a rapidly ageing population poses one of the most serious challenges for China’s slowing economy, with ripple effects including reduced demand for housing and a weaker consumer market, as well as a shrinking labour pool and challenges to the state pension fund.

Last year, China’s population shrank by 850,000 to to 1.4118 billion, marking the first fall since 1961, pushing public concerns to new heights. Mothers in China had just 9.56 million babies last year, marking a 9.98 per cent drop from 10.62 million in 2021.

The United Nations said in April that India was on the verge of overtaking China as the world’s most populous country.

To encourage young people to get married, demographers have also argued colleges in China should accommodate postgraduate and doctoral students who want to start families by offering financial and policy support.

But as the economy continues to struggle, young people are delaying marriage and taking a more passive approach to life.

Births in China could even drop below 8 million this year, Qiao Jie, dean of the Health Science Centre at Peking University, said earlier this month.
 
Having a family needs to be a career and a culture in China for it to be supported to the degree the nation needs. First and foremost; Free housing, not rental space but a free home/apartment in areas with a decent job for any family once they have their third kid (above the replacement rate). It’s not about fairness to other people, but the people having kids now will be supporting the country between 2050 and 2100, I.e. helping the country survive.

Free clothings, free food, free healthcare, free education, free car, etc.

Why Free, so these people can start a family young and survive on even a basic job. Why a basic job, so they can have free time to spend with their family.

Sure it sounds like a welfare system, but the key difference will be better day long education of the kids, in after school activities designed to stimulated the mind and create a larger creative class to drive innovation, when they are grown.

This will drive people to have kids as a career choice leaving only the best and brightest to enter fields of greater innovation and national development.

This would not be designed to boost the birth rate, but slow the decline, so that people can afford (or be employed in) care for aging parents and grandparents.
 
China population: cash reward for couples if bride is 25 or younger in latest effort to boost marriages, births

  • Couples in Changshan county in the western Zhejiang province will be given 1,000 yuan (US$138) in cash if the bride is aged 25 or younger
  • Wedding registrations in China fell for the ninth consecutive year in 2022 as the overall population declined for the first time in six decades
Luna Sun in Beijing
Published: 8:00am, 29 Aug, 2023
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Last year, wedding rdegistrations declined to 6.83 million, marking the ninth consecutive annual decline and reaching the lowest level since the late 1970s. Photo: Xinhua

A county in one of China’s wealthiest provinces has announced a cash reward for couples if the bride is 25 or younger – a first for China as it scrambles for new and efficient ways to incentivise births against an intensifying demographic crisis.

Changshan county in the western Zhejiang province announced last week that newlyweds will receive 1,000 yuan (US$138) in cash if the bride is aged 25 or younger. In China, the legal marriage age is 22 for men and 20 for women.

The move is in stark contrast with the prevailing sentiment in China since the late 1970s until the one-child policy was abolished in 2016 when the Chinese government promoted late marriage and late births, as well as fewer and better births, as part of its family planning campaign.

Last year, wedding registrations in China declined to 6.83 million, marking the ninth consecutive annual decline and the lowest level since the late 1970s.

In April, a district in Zhejiang’s Shaoxing city rolled out a list of pronatalist policies, including offering a gift package worth 1,000 yuan to newlyweds, although no age limit was specified.

Local governments across China have been rolling out a slew of measures, including cash awards and parental leave.

Some have also played matchmaker to salvage the country’s plunging rates of births and new marriages.

However, demographers have conceded that any immediate effects are unlikely, and that China should accept and adapt to the new norm of low births.

Last week’s Qixi Festival, a traditional romantic occasion often referred to as Chinese Valentine’s Day, was marked with many people in the Western city of Xian receiving text messages from the local health commission appealing for couples to “get married and give birth at an appropriate age … carry on the Chinese heritage and share in the responsibility of national rejuvenation”.

The demographic crisis underlined by the falling number of births and a rapidly ageing population poses one of the most serious challenges for China’s slowing economy, with ripple effects including reduced demand for housing and a weaker consumer market, as well as a shrinking labour pool and challenges to the state pension fund.

Last year, China’s population shrank by 850,000 to to 1.4118 billion, marking the first fall since 1961, pushing public concerns to new heights. Mothers in China had just 9.56 million babies last year, marking a 9.98 per cent drop from 10.62 million in 2021.

The United Nations said in April that India was on the verge of overtaking China as the world’s most populous country.

To encourage young people to get married, demographers have also argued colleges in China should accommodate postgraduate and doctoral students who want to start families by offering financial and policy support.

But as the economy continues to struggle, young people are delaying marriage and taking a more passive approach to life.

Births in China could even drop below 8 million this year, Qiao Jie, dean of the Health Science Centre at Peking University, said earlier this month.


There are lot of Ukrainian girls available as Ukranian men are being wiped out in the war.

Why don't Chinese men marry the Ukranian girls?
 
China population: cash reward for couples if bride is 25 or younger in latest effort to boost marriages, births

  • Couples in Changshan county in the western Zhejiang province will be given 1,000 yuan (US$138) in cash if the bride is aged 25 or younger
  • Wedding registrations in China fell for the ninth consecutive year in 2022 as the overall population declined for the first time in six decades
Luna Sun in Beijing
Published: 8:00am, 29 Aug, 2023
View attachment 949474
Last year, wedding rdegistrations declined to 6.83 million, marking the ninth consecutive annual decline and reaching the lowest level since the late 1970s. Photo: Xinhua

A county in one of China’s wealthiest provinces has announced a cash reward for couples if the bride is 25 or younger – a first for China as it scrambles for new and efficient ways to incentivise births against an intensifying demographic crisis.

Changshan county in the western Zhejiang province announced last week that newlyweds will receive 1,000 yuan (US$138) in cash if the bride is aged 25 or younger. In China, the legal marriage age is 22 for men and 20 for women.

The move is in stark contrast with the prevailing sentiment in China since the late 1970s until the one-child policy was abolished in 2016 when the Chinese government promoted late marriage and late births, as well as fewer and better births, as part of its family planning campaign.

Last year, wedding registrations in China declined to 6.83 million, marking the ninth consecutive annual decline and the lowest level since the late 1970s.

In April, a district in Zhejiang’s Shaoxing city rolled out a list of pronatalist policies, including offering a gift package worth 1,000 yuan to newlyweds, although no age limit was specified.

Local governments across China have been rolling out a slew of measures, including cash awards and parental leave.

Some have also played matchmaker to salvage the country’s plunging rates of births and new marriages.

However, demographers have conceded that any immediate effects are unlikely, and that China should accept and adapt to the new norm of low births.

Last week’s Qixi Festival, a traditional romantic occasion often referred to as Chinese Valentine’s Day, was marked with many people in the Western city of Xian receiving text messages from the local health commission appealing for couples to “get married and give birth at an appropriate age … carry on the Chinese heritage and share in the responsibility of national rejuvenation”.

The demographic crisis underlined by the falling number of births and a rapidly ageing population poses one of the most serious challenges for China’s slowing economy, with ripple effects including reduced demand for housing and a weaker consumer market, as well as a shrinking labour pool and challenges to the state pension fund.

Last year, China’s population shrank by 850,000 to to 1.4118 billion, marking the first fall since 1961, pushing public concerns to new heights. Mothers in China had just 9.56 million babies last year, marking a 9.98 per cent drop from 10.62 million in 2021.

The United Nations said in April that India was on the verge of overtaking China as the world’s most populous country.

To encourage young people to get married, demographers have also argued colleges in China should accommodate postgraduate and doctoral students who want to start families by offering financial and policy support.

But as the economy continues to struggle, young people are delaying marriage and taking a more passive approach to life.

Births in China could even drop below 8 million this year, Qiao Jie, dean of the Health Science Centre at Peking University, said earlier this month.
$128 sounds like a couple of fancy dinner dates. If the government is serious, why not make it substantial, like, say $10,000 so that the new couple can buy a car or make down payment on an apartment.
 
$128 sounds like a couple of fancy dinner dates. If the government is serious, why not make it substantial, like, say $10,000 so that the new couple can buy a car or make down payment on an apartment.

Gender ratio is skewed in favor of the boys in China.

Due to this multiple boys are marrying the same girl.

Chinese boys should marry Ukranian girls instead.
 
Gender ratio is skewed in favor of the boys in China.

Due to this multiple boys are marrying the same girl.

Chinese boys should marry Ukranian girls instead.
Actually the opposite is true, China has tens of millions of 剩女 (Leftover women), cause men can always marry girls who are much younger than them and the opposite is not true for women.
Now with alarming increase of cross cultural marriages, especially sharp rise of Russian and Ukranian brides, on the Chinese social media women are making alarm calls hashtag: foreign women come to China to rob Chinese men from us!

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Now with alarming increase of cross cultural marriages, especially sharp rise of Russian and Ukranian brides, on the Chinese social media women are making alarm calls hashtag: foreign women come to China to rob Chinese men from us!

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Why don't the women take 'revenge' by marrying foreign men instead of complaining? The women pictured should not have a problem picking their choice men from international market.
 
Why don't the women take 'revenge' by marrying foreign men instead of complaining? The women pictured should not have a problem picking their choice men from international market.
Silly, like marrying Indian men eh. There are already tens of millions of surplus men.
 
China population: cash reward for couples if bride is 25 or younger in latest effort to boost marriages, births

  • Couples in Changshan county in the western Zhejiang province will be given 1,000 yuan (US$138) in cash if the bride is aged 25 or younger
  • Wedding registrations in China fell for the ninth consecutive year in 2022 as the overall population declined for the first time in six decades
Luna Sun in Beijing
Published: 8:00am, 29 Aug, 2023
View attachment 949474
Last year, wedding rdegistrations declined to 6.83 million, marking the ninth consecutive annual decline and reaching the lowest level since the late 1970s. Photo: Xinhua

A county in one of China’s wealthiest provinces has announced a cash reward for couples if the bride is 25 or younger – a first for China as it scrambles for new and efficient ways to incentivise births against an intensifying demographic crisis.

Changshan county in the western Zhejiang province announced last week that newlyweds will receive 1,000 yuan (US$138) in cash if the bride is aged 25 or younger. In China, the legal marriage age is 22 for men and 20 for women.

The move is in stark contrast with the prevailing sentiment in China since the late 1970s until the one-child policy was abolished in 2016 when the Chinese government promoted late marriage and late births, as well as fewer and better births, as part of its family planning campaign.

Last year, wedding registrations in China declined to 6.83 million, marking the ninth consecutive annual decline and the lowest level since the late 1970s.

In April, a district in Zhejiang’s Shaoxing city rolled out a list of pronatalist policies, including offering a gift package worth 1,000 yuan to newlyweds, although no age limit was specified.

Local governments across China have been rolling out a slew of measures, including cash awards and parental leave.

Some have also played matchmaker to salvage the country’s plunging rates of births and new marriages.

However, demographers have conceded that any immediate effects are unlikely, and that China should accept and adapt to the new norm of low births.

Last week’s Qixi Festival, a traditional romantic occasion often referred to as Chinese Valentine’s Day, was marked with many people in the Western city of Xian receiving text messages from the local health commission appealing for couples to “get married and give birth at an appropriate age … carry on the Chinese heritage and share in the responsibility of national rejuvenation”.

The demographic crisis underlined by the falling number of births and a rapidly ageing population poses one of the most serious challenges for China’s slowing economy, with ripple effects including reduced demand for housing and a weaker consumer market, as well as a shrinking labour pool and challenges to the state pension fund.

Last year, China’s population shrank by 850,000 to to 1.4118 billion, marking the first fall since 1961, pushing public concerns to new heights. Mothers in China had just 9.56 million babies last year, marking a 9.98 per cent drop from 10.62 million in 2021.

The United Nations said in April that India was on the verge of overtaking China as the world’s most populous country.

To encourage young people to get married, demographers have also argued colleges in China should accommodate postgraduate and doctoral students who want to start families by offering financial and policy support.

But as the economy continues to struggle, young people are delaying marriage and taking a more passive approach to life.

Births in China could even drop below 8 million this year, Qiao Jie, dean of the Health Science Centre at Peking University, said earlier this month.
1,000 yuan is a joke. That brings nothing. Ccp should pay 100,000 yuan.
 
1,000 yuan is a joke. That brings nothing. Ccp should pay 100,000 yuan.
wouldnt work

just like they not doing extreme stimulus for economy

chinas money supply is huge
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they know the underlying problem is not money but rather hope/confidence

and the underlying cause of low hope/confidence is terror feudal xi’s existence

people dont want to give birth to more slaves/serfs for xi’s terrorist/feudal society

 
they know the underlying problem is not money but rather hope/confidence

and the underlying cause of low hope/confidence is terror feudal xi’s existence

people dont want to give birth to more slaves/serfs for xi’s terrorist/feudal society

Lol, based on your moronic logic, people from developed countries all lost hope and confidence over their governments so they choose not to have children, Germany, Japan, South Korea... and people live in improvished countries all have strong confident on their governments :D :D :D
 
Lol, based on your moronic logic, people from developed countries all lost hope and confidence over their governments so they choose not to have children, Germany, Japan, South Korea... and people live in improvished countries all have strong confident on their governments :D :D :D
yes the burden of socialism has taken its toll on those societies as well

when a. working couple have to pay 50% tax they cannot have many kids

the first 2 kids are the government itself
 
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and you sanity, lol

the effect of growing government/spending on birth rates has been studied

the more govt takes from taxpayers and do unproductive work, the less productive taxpayers have to raise children

child 1 and 2 are the government itself

ur own child is the 3rd child


if u china wants to force productive workers to take care of the large bureaucracy and retired population, people would need to have less kids
 

the effect of growing government/spending on birth rates has been studied

the more govt takes from taxpayers and do unproductive work, the less productive taxpayers have to raise children
Your brainless troll, try not to use words like study, research.
 
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