A total of 25 Chinese provinces will be distributing maternity leave payments directly to mothers by next month, as part of a broader effort to reverse the country’s flagging birth rate, officials ...

China’s birth rate – the number of births per 1,000 people – has fallen yearly since 2016. In 2023, it reached an all-time low of 6.39, equating to 9.02 million births – the lowest annual figure since ...

China aims to build a birth-friendly society and improve care and engagement for the elderly in the next five years, Health ...

BEIJING — China’s ruling Communist Party says it will ease birth limits to allow all couples to have three children instead of two in hopes of slowing the rapid aging of its population, which is ...

Editor’s Note: Sign up for CNN’s Meanwhile in China newsletter which explores what you need to know about the country’s rise and how it impacts the world. “What are your parents’ names?” Fang, then a ...

China's dairy industry is struggling with an oversupply of milk amid a flagging birth rate and economic slowdown. Chinese consumption of dairy, historically low compared with Western countries, rose ...

Struggling worker lands long-awaited compensation payout after birth family feud reveals hospital ‘mistake’; never met ...

China’s extreme automation is a strength, but it’s also a response to the country’s most fundamental weakness: the impending ...