China News Service, January 20 (Peng Ningling) Yang Jinrui, deputy director of the Population and Family Department of the National Health and Health Commission, said on the 20th that during the "13th Five-Year Plan" period, women aged 20-34 during the prosperous period of fertility had an average annual decrease of 3.4 million, compared with that in 2021. A decrease of 4.73 million in 2020 is an important factor driving the decline in the number of births.
In addition, at present, the post-90s and post-00s are the new subjects of marriage and childbirth, most of whom grow up and work in cities and towns, have longer years of education, and face greater pressure from competition for employment. The phenomenon of delayed marriage and childbirth is very prominent.
Delayed marriage increases the likelihood that women will never marry, further suppressing fertility levels.
At the same time, the willingness to bear children continues to decline. The average number of children of childbearing age women who intend to bear children is 1.76 in the 2017 survey, 1.73 in the 2019 survey, and 1.64 in the 2021 survey.