China´s lowest marriage rate in 11 years in 2018 adds further obstacle to bid to ...
(WorldNews China)

Marriages in China hit an 11-year low last year, posing an additional challenge to efforts to boost consumption, stabilise the economy and tackle the nation’s looming demographic problems.A total of 10.14 million couples were married in 2018, down 4.6 per cent from the previous year, while the marriage rate dropped to 7.3 per 1,000 from 7.7 per 1,000 last year, according to the Ministry of Civil Affairs.The trend continued in the first half of 2019, with the number of marriages dropping 7.7 per… ......