Factors including high childcare costs have deterred many young Chinese women from having children. Read more at straitstimes.com.
HONG KONG - Chinese President Xi Jinping said women have a critical role and must establish a"new trend of family", as the nation grapples with an ageing population and record decline in the birth rate.
Doing a good job in women's work is not only related to women's own development, he said but also related to"family harmony, social harmony, national development and national progress". Factors including high childcare costs, career hindrance, gender discrimination and not wanting to get married haveThe number of births is closely tied to marriage rates because official policies make it hard for single women to have children.
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