Key Points
A number of Chinese hospitals have closed down their maternity wards due to falling birth rates..
How will it impact the Chinese economy, GDP growth, and society?..
At a time when the South Asian giant is already facing the problem of a greying population, the shrink in number may plunge the country into a demographic challenge and derail the GDP growth...
Urban, educated and upwardly mobile women are not ready to accept the patriarchal family norms that come with having a child.. Why are obstetrics units being closed?..
In an attempt to address the problem of declining population, Chinese policymakers scrapped the one-child norm in 2016 and allowed families to have up to three children...
