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The 13% VAT on contraceptives aims to raise China's fertility rate from 1.0 children per woman amid high child-rearing costs and societal changes, experts say.
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China's condom tax no way to pump up low birth rates
Once the world’s most populous nation, China is now among the many Asian countries struggling with anemic fertility rates. In an attempt to double the country’s rate of 1.0 children per woman, Beijing is reaching for a new tool: taxes on condoms, birth control pills and other contraceptives. As of January 1, such items were […] The post China’s condom tax no way to pump up low birth rates appeared first on Asia Times.
China's new condom tax will prove no effective barrier to country's declining fertility rate
Once the world's most populous nation, China is now among the many Asian countries struggling with anemic fertility rates. In an attempt to double the country's rate of 1.0 children per woman, Beijing is reaching for a new tool: taxes on condoms, birth control pills and other contraceptives.
China revs up fiscal support to boost births
HONG KONG, Jan 16 (Reuters) – China’s population policy is emerging as a key part of its economic strategy as Beijing rolls out its most wide-ranging push to boost a flagging birth rate, with official population data due on January 19 set to show a fourth consecutive annual drop. Beijing is looking at a total potential cost of around 180 billion yuan ($25.8 billion) in 2026 to boost births, according to Reuters estimates, as authorities grapple …
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China’s new condom tax will prove no effective barrier to country’s declining fertility rate
A Chinese visitor looks at condoms at the Beijing International Sex Supplies Exhibition. Zhang Peng/LightRocket via Getty ImagesOnce the world’s most populous nation, China is now among the many Asian countries struggling with anemic fertility rates. In an attempt to double the country’s rate of 1.0 children per woman, Beijing is reaching for a new tool: taxes on condoms, birth control pills and other contraceptives. As of Jan. 1, such items wer…
The United Nations' World Population Prospects 2024 estimates that China may have only about 8.71 million newborns in 2025. He Yaofu, an independent demographer in China, also stated that the number of births in 2025 will "almost certainly" be below 9 million, setting a new historical low. This would cause China's share of global births to fall below 7% for the first time.
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