After data showed the birth-rate hit a record low in 2021, Yang Jinrui, Deputy Director of the National Health
Commission’s Population Surveillance and Family Development Department, said at a press conference on
January 20, that the number of women in the 20-34 age group decreased by an average of 3.4 million per
year from 2016 to 2020, and the decline reached 4.73 million in 2021 compared with 2020. He said the
declining number of women of childbearing age, especially those ages 20 to 34, is a major factor contributing
to China’s flagging birth-rate.
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