China’s senior population official acknowledged in an annual population meeting that China’s population growth slowed down and was expected to record a decline before 2025.
Yang Wenzhuang, director of population monitoring and family development division of China’s National Health Commission, said at the meeting that China’s population is projected to “enter a negative increase,” according toa state-owned Chinese financial news portal Caixin on July 22.
China’s provinces and municipalities have published their population data, alongside other statistics, for the year ending Dec. 31, 2021. Six provinces—Guangdong, Henan, Shandong, Sichuan, Hebei, and Anhui—each recorded an increase of over 500,000 people…