Officials call for efforts to promote marriage, childbearing

CHINA’S fertility rate is on a downward trend and the average family size has been shrinking over the years, a senior official said, calling for comprehensive measures to encourage marriage and childbearing.

Data shows that there was 2.62 people per family in China in 2020, down by 0.48 from 2010, according to Wang Pei’an, deputy director of the China Family Planning Association.