Chinese cities roll out financial incentives to encourage marriage, childbearing

Several Chinese cities have recently introduced financial incentives to encourage marriage and childbearing.

October 31, 2025

Marriage reforms making it easier to tie the knot

In Beijing's historic Qianmen area, a marriage registration office opened on Saturday in the bustling Dashilan shopping area.

May 12, 2025

Registration rules eased to encourage marriages

The new regulations, the first since the marriage registration ordinance was enacted in 2003, will take effect on May 10.

April 10, 2025

Interprovincial marriage registration streamlined

Couples in China no longer need to return to their hometowns or places of household registration to marry, after a revision of the country's marriage registration policy.

March 28, 2025

Basic procedures for foreign-related marriage registration

To apply for marriage registration, partners of the contemplated marriage shall appear together at the marriage registration office.

April 7, 2024

Couples marry first a bit later in Hangzhou

The ages of couples marrying for the first time in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, edged upward last year, the city's civil affairs bureau said.

December 28, 2022

Application for foreign-related divorce

September 2, 2021