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January 19, 2024

Is it true that the new generation is not interested in marriage and starting a family?

The problem is that the new generation doesn’t care about marriage. Create a family Including having children to continue the family. It is a problem that causes many governments to urgently find policies. To solve the problem of a small new population directly If you ignore this problem It may become a severe population crisis. It’s an aging society. Risk of long-term labor shortage Affect economic growth

Many countries inevitably face this problem. China is another nation that faces this same headache as Japan and South Korea. In the past, China had enforced the one-child policy of Mao Zedong, the great statesman. Strictly and absolutely until it is famous all over the world. Today, China under President Xi Jinping has had to swerve and change its policies in the opposite direction. Citizens are allowed to have up to three additional children after the country’s birth rate dropped to worrying levels.

In addition, the Chinese government has revealed that in 2022, 6.83 million couples decided to get married, down about 10.5% from the 7.63 million marriage registrations in 2021, which is the lowest number of marriages on record. history Since records began in 1986, the number of Chinese marriages was the highest in 2013, with more than 13 million couples, nearly twice as many as in 2022. Government media such as the Global Times also added that the average marriage age The median age for Chinese first marriages in 2020 was 28.67 years, up from 24.89 years 10 years ago.หวยฮานอย

However, one could argue that this is not a very conducive time for weddings. Due to the spread of COVID-19 that has severe impacts around the world especially in China which is the center of the incident There is a strict policy to control COVID-19. Daily life is restricted. There are lockdowns in various cities. It can be said that China is in a closed state. Not in a romantic mood at all

The number of Chinese couples getting married has dropped precipitously. It is also in line with the same trend as China’s population, which decreased for the first time in more than 60 years in 2022. Chinese official data indicates that Just 6.77 babies were born per 1,000 people, the lowest level since the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949, according to the United Nations. China is currently the second most populous country in the world, with a population of 1.4 billion people, behind India. หวยฮานอย

The above statistics show that the government’s efforts to encourage marriage and produce heirs have not been successful. In the midst of all kinds of economic and social problems that beset us. But there were positive signs in the decline in divorces, although only slightly, at 2.1 million couples, down from 2.13 million couples last year. After issuing a policy to provide a 30-day stress relief period for those who have filed for divorce since 2021 หวยฮานอย

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