US EditionChina announces free preschool education to address falling birthrates
CHINA, AUG 5 – China will waive tuition fees for over 10 million final-year preschoolers at public kindergartens starting autumn, aiming to reduce child-rearing costs amid declining birth rates, officials said.
- On August 5, 2025, China announced that beginning with the upcoming autumn term, children enrolled in the last year before primary school at public kindergartens will be exempt from childcare and education fees.
- This policy responds to a shrinking and aging population, falling birth rates, and high childcare costs that discourage young couples from having children.
- The State Council guideline specifies that eligible private kindergartens will reduce fees matching local public kindergarten waivers and that subsidies will cover revenue shortfalls for kindergartens.
- National Health Commission officials noted the population shift to decline and emphasized that the childcare subsidy system can increase families' cash income directly.
- The measures aim to lower education costs, improve public education services, and support long-term demographic and social stability amid three years of population decline.
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