A national political advisor has called on China to lower the legal marriage age to boost its declining birth rate—yet analysts tell Newsweek such a move is unlikely to sway young Chinese.

A Chinese national political adviser has recommended lowering the legal age for marriage to 18 to boost fertility chances in the face of a declining population and "unleash reproductive potential ...

China’s marriage rate is in steep decline. There were 6.1 million marriage registrations nationwide in 2024, down from 7.7 million the previous year. This decline has prompted Chen Songxi, a Chinese ...