Chinese fume over govt order to have more kids

May 23, 2022 17:58

As China faces a scenario of negative population growth, the government has started to force its citizens to marry early and have at least three children each.

The administration has also begun rolling out various contests as bait.

The stiff opposition to bearing children comes as most would-be parents claim they just cannot guarantee enough financial security to look after the wellbeing of their children as their own lives are so much under pressure due to forced quarantines and unending lockdowns.

The frustration of being forced to stay locked inside homes, food shortages, lack of income, rising prices, health problems, etc., have led to disillusionment among the country's people, the Hong Kong Post reported. It added that the Chinese government is beginning to realise that most of the citizens are agitated with the growing official pressure on them to produce more children.

According to China's National Bureau of Statistics, in the six-year period between 2013 and 2019, the number of Chinese marriages has nose-dived by 41 per cent, with only 7.6 million couples registered for marriage last year. This is the lowest figure in the last 36 years.

As a result, the birth rate of China has dropped to 7.5 births per 1000 people. Nine provinces and regions have registered negative population growth, the report added.

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