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China to Offer Cash Boost to Encourage Births

7/4/2025

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In a bold move to reverse its declining birth rate, China will introduce annual cash handouts of 3,600 yuan per child starting in 2025. With new births plummeting by half since 2016, this initiative seeks to tackle low marriage rates and looming labor shortages, as the population is projected to shrink to 1.3 billion by 2050.

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Story summary

In a bold move to reverse its declining birth rate, China will introduce annual cash handouts of 3,600 yuan per child starting in 2025. With new births plummeting by half since 2016, this initiative seeks to tackle low marriage rates and looming labor shortages, as the population is projected to shrink to 1.3 billion by 2050.