China’s birth rate dropped to a record low last year, with 6.77 births per 1,000 people – the lowest since 1949. Photo: AFP
China population: city dangles free high school education for third child amid birth rate crisis
- In Weifang, Shandong province, families will not have to pay high school tuition fees for the third child
- The measure is part of a series of incentives Chinese local governments are rolling out to stimulate births
China’s birth rate dropped to a record low last year, with 6.77 births per 1,000 people – the lowest since 1949. Photo: AFP
