China launches survey to understand ‘fear of having children’ amid declining birthrate – Times of India
This is an AI-generated image (Pic credit: Copilot) China has officially launched a survey involving 30,000 individuals across 150 counties and 1,500 communities to understand the public attitudes toward childbearing, and fear surrounding having children, according to the state-backed Global Times, citing the China Population and Development Research Center, which is a part of the National Health Commission (NHC). This survey comes as the Chinese government grapples with the challenge of increasing the country's declining birthrate.China experienced a second straight year of population decline in 2023, prompting the government to take measures to encourage young couples to start families. The survey aims to investigate the "reluctance and fear surrounding having children" and ultimately p...