“This trend will continue and perhaps worsen post-Covid, because high youth unemployment rates and weaknesses in income expectations may further delay marriage and childbearing plans, reducing the number of new-born babies,” she said. Meanwhile, the death rate is likely to be higher than the pre-pandemic level in 2023 due to Covid infections across the country, she said. China has seen a spike in infections since abandoning its zero-Covid policy last month.
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