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What will it take for China to arrest its declining birth rate?

By Ming Gao, Research Fellow of East Asia Studies, Lund University
China’s central government introduced a childcare subsidy on July 28 that will provide families with 3,000 yuan (around £312) a year for each child under the age of three. The announcement came days after plans were unveiled to roll out free preschool education across the country.

These developments mark a shift from previous years, when the government largely left the issue of addressing China’s declining birth rate…The Conversation


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