According to the Ministry of Civil Affairs,China’s total fertility rate(TFR)has fallen below the warning line as the countrys population development has hit a critical point.The birth rate on the Chinese mainland dropped to 10.48 per 1,000 people in 2019,the lowest in seven decades,according to the National Bureau of Statistics(NBS).Keeping in line with international standards,a country needs a TFR of 2.1 to maintain a stable population.All this is to king place at a time when China has relaxed its family-planning policy.
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