China needs ‘urgent’ response to low population growth challenge: economic adviser

China needs ‘urgent’ response to low population growth challenge: economic adviser

He stressed that the pool of China’s workers had shrunk by 60 million over the past 12 years, which had had “a huge impact” on the economy, adding that many cities were struggling to recruit and battling unemployment and rising labour costs. Ma suggested further changes to family planning laws – which were modified in … Read more