China births

Authorities in the central Chinese province of Hubei have announced they would extend the duration of the region’s paid marriage…

As marriage registrations in China continued to decline in the first quarter of the year, local governments have dangled cash…

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), China’s chief governmental data compiler, is holding a press conference on Friday morning. At…

Generous cash incentives to encourage births are paying off in one Chinese city, where the number of newborns saw a…

Localities in China are subsidising the use of pain relief treatments during childbirth – a practice patients often shy away…

The minimum wage is 2,690 yuan a month in Shanghai, the highest in the country. “I’m also concerned about the…