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Beyond the Two-Child Policy
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Beyond the Two-Child Policy

Looming Population Crisis in China, the Underlying Cause and Alternative Measures that Could Be Taken

Suning Financial Research Institute
TMTPost, 2018
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For 35 years, China enforced a one-child policy intended to limit the country’s surging population. By 2000, the policy had created a demographic crisis: an aging population with a substantial gender imbalance. The government abolished the policy in 2016 – replacing it with a two-child policy – but the birth rate has continued to drop. Suning Financial Research Institute’s brief report outlines the causes and potential consequences of nearly 40 years of population engineering in China. getAbstract recommends this article to anyone interested in the broad trends in China’s population and economy.

Take-Aways

  • China’s birth rate is dropping, and its population is both shrinking and aging.
  • Many Chinese couples are choosing to remain childless.
  • Abolishing the one-child policy in 2016 hasn’t spurred an increase in the birth rate.

About the Author

Suning Financial Research Institute is a large-scale professional research institute within the Suning Financial Services Group. 

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