Economist warns that ‘China’s population crisis is approaching’, with ‘increasingly severe’ economic and social problems, as Beijing’s policymakers have already begun to change their tune.
Enumerators open up about collecting census data for the world’s most populous nation, and the difficulties they faced along the way.
China’s ageing population is the least of concerns for Gen Z and millennials who can barely afford to make ends meet, much less have children.
Hukou system has been accused of creating two classes of people – urban and rural.
China’s working age population fell last year, while the nation’s elderly population grew, adding to the pressure on the state pension fund.
China’s three northeastern rust belt provinces – Heilongjiang, Jilin and Liaoning – lost more than 30 per cent of their population between 2010 and 2020.
Even if China is successful in improving the quality of economic growth, observers say it must reform its birth restrictions and boost child care support to meet long-term challenges.
Of the 12 million babies born last year there were 111.3 boys for every 100 girls, once-a-decade study says.
Experts say Tokyo’s pension system reforms and its use of robotics and automation could offer some ideas for Beijing.
China’s elderly population continues to grow, but the digital natives shaping the future seem to have forgotten about them.
China will launch a one-year pilot programme in June to spur the sale of private endowment plans and help ease the pressure on state pension fund. Foreign insurers will be keeping a close watch.
Machines are increasingly taking over China’s assembly lines as manufacturers upgrade and prepare for fewer, higher-skilled workers.
People’s Liberation Army has expanded sources of troops, including lowering education, height and eyesight requirements, after census showed low fertility rate.
A lack of affordable childcare, rising living costs and gruelling work hours are making many young Chinese couples think twice about having children.
With China’s median age creeping up and amid a limited supply of young talent, pressure is increasing for the age glass ceiling in tech to crack.
Census figures confirm that the country is greying rapidly and the pool of people paying into pensions is shrinking fast.
