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Tomboy

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data is from civil Affairs Bureau.. and its not like 3-4 percent increase many regions saw 20 percent jump. this is very significant.

remember, this pro-birth policy just started and best is yet to come. we may see more encouraging steps from provincial governments.
Not all marriages result in children and with how society is going, most married couples are likely going to stay childless.
 

Tomboy

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you are asking this question from a wrong person. with respect to tomboy, he is from UK. he never set foot in China so how can he answer this question.
Strange assumption but it is well known that the average young adult these days are quite overworked and depending on who you ask rather underpaid. Supporting a child is seen by many to no longer be a worthy investment both in financial and time. But hey maybe @drowingfish is correct and it's simply just a phase people grow though.
 

MortyandRick

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Not all marriages result in children and with how society is going, most married couples are likely going to stay childless.
Source please to back up your claim?

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Even this alarmist article that's usually anti china points out that:

In China, marriage and childbirth are extremely tightly linked—far more so than in Western countries. According to the Council on Foreign Relations, "social taboos against nonmarital births remain strong in China, just as in the rest of East Asia"

So overall a great first step
 

Wrought

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Yangtze biodiversity has shown a marked recovery since the fishing ban was implemented.

China’s rapid economic development has triggered an unparalleled freshwater biodiversity crisis since the 1950s. To restore fisheries resources, the Yangtze River Fishing Ban was implemented in 2021 to cease all basin-wide commercial fishing. We evaluate the effectiveness of this large-scale conservation action by assessing fish communities across mainstem habitats before and after the ban (2018 to 2023). The seven-decadal biodiversity loss was halted with improvements in fish biomass, body condition, species diversity, and initial recovery of threatened species. Eliminating fishing pressure was likely key to this recovery, in addition to actions targeting water quality improvement, hydrological and riparian habitat restoration, and vessel traffic reduction. Ambitious conservation actions can halt biodiversity loss in the Yangtze River, bringing hope for biodiversity recovery in other large rivers.

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