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“#China considers new actions to lift flagging birthrate<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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\n A man and child wearing face masks to protect against the spread of the coronavirus walk past lanterns at a public park in Beijing, Friday, Feb. 19, 2021. China app<\/a>ears to be considering further measures to lift its flagging birthrate, more than four years after ending the controversial one-child policy. (AP Photo\/Mark Schiefelbein)
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China is considering additional measures to increase its flagging birthrate, more than four years after ending its controversial one-child policy.<\/p>\n

For decades, China enforced strict controls on additional births in the name of preserving scarce resources for its burgeoning economy. But its plunging birthrate is now seen as a major threat to economic progress and social<\/a> stability.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, the National Health Commission issued a statement saying it will conduct research to “further stimulate birth potential.”<\/p>\n

It said the initiative will focus first on northeastern China, the country’s former industrial heartland that has seen a major population decline as young people and families depart for better opportunities elsewhere.<\/p>\n

Authorities said this week that registered new births fell 15.3% last year to just 10 million.<\/p>\n

China abandoned its one-child-policy in 2016 to allow families to have an additional child. However, the move had only a temporary effect on the birthrate, with many couples citing the high cost of raising children and other economic and social barriers in deciding not to have more children.<\/p>\n

Experts have been calling for further reforms because of economic concerns and the problem of an aging population.<\/p>\n