In China, the number of couples choosing to marry has risen for the first time in nine years.
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According to the BBC, “in 2023 there were 7.68 million newlyweds in the country, 12.4% more than in the previous year, data shows.
The Chinese Ministry of Civil Affairs said in 2022 there were 845,000 married couples with the peak being 13.47 million in 2013.”
This is coming following campaigns by the government to promote marriage in its latest bid to target record-low birth rates.
Li Qiang, China’s Premier, earlier in March, pledged that the government would work towards “a birth-friendly society and promote long term, balanced population development.”
