The Chinese Communist Party is unlikely to admit any wrongdoings, as pointed out by Steven Mosher, president of the Population Research Institute. He stated that China may resort to forcing couples to get married and have more children to address demographic challenges. Data from China’s National Statistics Bureau indicated that just 9.02 million babies were born last year, marking a significant decline over the past seven years and hitting the lowest level since the CCP took control in 1949.
The CCP has allowed families to have three babies since 2021 and local authorities across the nation have introduced incentives to encourage couples to have children. However, Mr. Mosher believes that the effects of these measures will be limited due to the declining number of women of childbearing age.
He expressed his doubts about the effectiveness of these incentives to encourage young women to marry and have more children due to decades of indoctrination by the CCP.
The weakened economy and high unemployment rate in China may also deter young Chinese from having children, according to Mr. Mosher. As a result, more Chinese are now growing old, with one in five people in the country aged 60 and above. The working-age population has also decreased significantly over the past decade.
Mr. Mosher also expressed concern that the regime’s officials may resort to extreme measures to tackle the declining birth rates, potentially ordering young women to get married and have a specific number of children within a stipulated timeframe. He highlighted the atrocities caused by China’s one-child policy, which led to forced abortions and sterilizations of women who violated the family planning policy. He attributed the population decline to the actions of the Chinese Communist Party.