China’s population is ageing rapidly and births are plunging. Photo: AFP
China’s population is ageing rapidly and births are plunging. Photo: AFP

‘Two sessions’ 2022: from AI to tax cuts, Beijing grasps for solutions to its population crisis

  • Delegates at China’s ‘two sessions’ have raised pronatalist proposals such as encouraging postgraduate students to get married and using artificial intelligence
  • China’s population is ageing rapidly and births are plunging, a combination that threatens to weigh on economic productivity and burden the health care system

China’s population is ageing rapidly and births are plunging. Photo: AFP
China’s population is ageing rapidly and births are plunging. Photo: AFP
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