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Couples take part in pre-wedding photoshoots by the sea in Qingdao, Shandong province, China April 21, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Florence Lo/File Photo
China

China adviser pushes to lower legal marriage age to 18 to boost birthrate

The legal age for marriage in China is 22 for men and 20 for women, amongst the highest in the world, compared with most developed countries where the legal marriage age is 18

Couples take part in pre-wedding photoshoots by the sea in Qingdao, Shandong province, China April 21, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Florence Lo/File Photo
Offbeat

China calls on universities to provide ‘love education’

A person sits in a toy car with children at a shopping mall in Shanghai, China June 1, 2021. Photo: REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo
China

China's fresh urbanisation push may thwart 'birth-friendly society' goal

A parents pushes a stroller with a baby in a park in Shanghai, China, 2 April 2023. Photo: REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo
China

China to improve childbirth policies, boost support for elderly

FILE PHOTO: Children play next to adults at a park in Beijing, China 1 June, 2021. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang/File Photo
World+Biz

China launches projects to build 'new-era' marriage, childbearing culture

Children play at a playground inside a shopping complex in Shanghai, China June 1, 2021. REUTERS/Aly Song
China

How China is seeking to boost its falling birth rate

The end of the "one-child policy" has done little to reverse the falling birth-rate. Photo: VCG via BBC
World+Biz

China's birth rates fall to lowest since 1949