Kindergartens Shut Down Across China as Birth Rate Falls

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Chinaโ€™s birth rate is plunging as young adults cite financial strain, career pressure, and the high cost of childrearing.

China is facing a deepening demographic crisis, with birth rates in several populous provinces plunging over 50 percent in 2024 from their peaks in 2016 or 2017. This sharp decline has already triggered a significant drop in preschool enrollment and the closure of tens of thousands of preschools in recent years.

A recent study by data firm MyCOS reveals that even traditionally high-fertility regions have been hit hard: Shandong Province, once Chinaโ€™s most fertile, saw a 63 percent decline in births, while Hunan reported a 60 percent drop. Similar trends have been observed in Hubei, Anhui, and Jiangxiโ€”all among Chinaโ€™s 15 most populous provinces.

Jin Yan, a 1990s-born resident of Jinan, Shandong Province, told the Chinese-language edition of The Epoch Times that half of her classmates are single, unable to afford marriageโ€”let alone children.

Even those who do marry rarely consider having kids, she said.

โ€œAmong my friends, everyone complains about financial pressure. Those who have kids say the costs are overwhelming. Many people are simply too afraid to have children,โ€ she said.

Jin and her husband are both currently unemployed and struggling to repay the mortgage on a home they bought at the time of their marriage.

Jin spoke on the condition of using a pseudonym, for fear of consequences from the ruling communist regime.

Wang Li (also a pseudonym), a woman born in the 1980s, remains unmarried and unemployed. She told the Chinese-language edition of The Epoch Times that social attitudes are shifting, largely due to the pressures of daily life.

โ€œIf I canโ€™t provide a good environment for a child, itโ€™s better not to have one at all,โ€ she said. โ€œI donโ€™t want them to suffer like me.โ€

She noted that in the past, choosing not to marry or have children was frowned upon but today, it is increasingly becoming the norm.

โ€œMost of the post-1990s generation I know donโ€™t date or plan to get married. Their view is: Why bother with marriage? Why have children? Earning for yourself and living alone is just as valid.โ€

By Olivia Li

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