China's fertility rate, which last year reached 1.0 births expected per ... the northeastern city of Qingdao's move toward launching over 1,000 "mommy positions" in fields such as catering ...

China is ramping up efforts to counter its plummeting birth rate, with measures ranging from cash incentives to controversial local campaigns urging women to have children. Last year marked the ...

Birth rates are falling in the world's highly developed countries. In the 20th century, fertility decline has been associated ...

Falling fertility rates are set to spark a transformational demographic shift over the next 25 years, with major implications ... and political measures including China's one-child policy.