News Analysis
Local governments across China are offering various incentives to encourage people to get married amid declining marriage rates.
A civil affairs official in Sichuan Province recently told the Chinese-language edition of The Epoch Times that authorities have issued explicit marriage registration quotas, requiring local offices to show monthly increases in the number of newly registered couples.
“In June, higher authorities ordered us to improve the marriage registration system, remove obstacles, and increase the number of registrations by 20 percent each month,” said the official, who requested anonymity due to fear of retaliation by authorities.
“Now, everyone is trying to meet the quota. We’re even being told to persuade divorced people to remarry and to match up single seniors.”…
China Offers Marriage Incentives as Decline in Wedding Rates Continues
