The most populous country in the world is trying to raise the birth rate

BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Sunday that China would implement policies to increase the birth rate, with policymakers concerned that an imminent decline in China’s population could harm the world’s second-largest economy.
“We will establish a policy system to increase birth rates and adopt a proactive national strategy to confront the aging population,” he told about 2,300 delegates in a speech at the opening of the Communist Party Congress, which is held once every five years in Beijing.
Population experts say that although China has a population of 1.4 billion people, the largest number in the world, the number of its births is expected to drop to record levels this year, falling to less than ten million from 10.6 million children last year, which was Originally down by 11.5 percent from 2020.