National Health and Health Commission: my country's total population will grow negatively

The "Seeking" magazine published on August 1 published an article signed by the "Party Group of the National Health and Health Commission of the Communist Party of China" entitled "Puk of New Times Population Work New Chapter". The article mentioned: During the "Fourteenth Five -Year Plan" period, my country's total population will enter a negative growth stage.

The article mentioned that the current problems facing the population situation in my country are reflected in the following aspects:

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First, with the further release of the long -term accumulated population growth potential energy, the growth rate of the total population has slowed significantly, and the negative growth stage will be entered during the "14th Five -Year Plan" period.

Second, the level of fertility has continued to decline. In recent years, the total fertility rate has fallen below 1.3, and the low fertility rate has become the most important risk affecting my country's balanced development.

Third, the degree of aging deepen, it is expected to enter the stage of severe aging aging by 2035 (population over 60 years old accounts for more than 30%).

The fourth is family miniaturization. In 2020, the average family households fell to 2.62, a decrease of 0.48 compared with 2010. The function of pension and career was weakened.

The article pointed out that the "aging aging" under the negative growth of the population will become the norm.

Investigation of the National Health Commission in 2021 showed that the willingness to have children for childbearing age continued to decline, and the average number of children planned to have children was 1.64.

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