China’s urban population surpassed 943m in 2024, say official statistics, an increase of 100m in just seven years. The ...

China introduces 13% tax on contraceptives while exempting childcare services as global superpower battles sustained ...

For one thing, demographic decline will put increasing pressure on the country’s military. Today, with more than 2 million ...

Archive footage shows birth control education during the one-child policy era, as Beijing now rolls out tax changes aimed at ...

Contraceptives are now subject to a 13 percent value-added tax, while services related to childcare and marriage are exempt.

China has begun taxing condoms and other contraceptives, ending a three-decade exemption as the government intensifies ...

China has begun charging value-added tax on contraceptive drugs and devices, ending a three-decade-old exemption as authorities intensify efforts to reverse a sustained decline in births. From January ...

China's government will offer subsidies to parents to the tune of $500 per child under the age of three per year, Beijing's state media said Monday, as the world's second most populous nation faces a ...

Despite a series of incentives aimed at encouraging couples to have more children, China's population has continued to fall.

Amid historically low birth rates and economic pressures from its aging population, China will eliminate a decades-old tax ...

China removed a three-decade-old tax exemption on contraceptive drugs and devices from 1 January in new steps to spur a ...

China’s central government introduced a childcare subsidy on July 28 that will provide families with 3,000 yuan (around $418) a year for each child under the age of three. The announcement came days ...