Why younger Chinese are saying ‘I don’t’ to marriage

为什么中国年轻人“不结婚”？

China is facing a marriage crisis. The number of new marriages registered with the government fell 16.6 per cent between January and September 2024, compared with the same period in the previous year. With China already dealing with an ageing population and a stark gender imbalance, rising reluctance among Chinese youth regarding marriage and starting a family has added pressure to a growing demographic concern. But why are Chinese youth so disinterested in getting married and starting a family? And what, if anything, can be done to change their minds?

中国正面临一场婚姻危机。与去年同期相比，2024年1月至9月，登记的新婚人数下降了16.6%。由于中国已经在应对人口老龄化和严重的性别失衡问题，中国年轻人越来越不愿意结婚和组建家庭，给日益严重的人口问题增添了压力。但为什么中国年轻人对结婚和组建家庭如此不感兴趣呢？我们如何能改变他们的想法？

以下是外国网友的评论：

夜神月-p7h

The one child policy in the 80s and 90s has killed alot of female infants in rural areas. Most of these families who killed females and kept trying for a male child are less educated and live in rural areas. Hence in a dating environment that is more competitive, these are the same bachelors who can't get brides.

80年代和90年代的独生子女政策导致农村地区大量女婴流产。这些想生男孩的家庭大多受教育程度较低，生活在农村地区。因此，农村的相亲环境竞争更加激烈，这些单身汉找不到新娘。

gidgetrose9251

Here’s the thing the woman is supposed to also work full time birth a child to care for plus because of the one child policy her parents are now hers to care for in their old age plus the husbands parents as there are no other siblings to care for them. Why should she marry and take on such a burden??

还有一点，女性要全职工作，还要照顾孩子，加上由于独生子女政策，还得照顾父母公婆， 因为没有其他兄弟姐妹照顾他们。她为什么要结婚并承担这样的负担？

harrycallahan6623

Enjoy your life, and be happy. Its a personal choice.

Marriage is not essential for happiness.

享受你的生活，要快乐。这是个人的选择。

婚姻不是幸福的必要条件。

CarrotSlayer-z7l

It’s everywhere, not just China

到处都一样，不仅仅是中国

iv5gj

You failed to mention how 330k yuan is like 5x the average annual income, making it ridiculously unaffordable. you'd have to be living frugally and saving for 10 years or have a wedding then carry crippling debt for years

33万元的彩礼，相当于平均年收入的5倍，这让人难以负担。必须节俭生活，攒上10年，才有钱结婚，然后背负上沉重的债务数年

Jurrian9189

Marrying and raising a family is too expensive !!

结婚和养家成本太高了！！

julionni4461

Not only china...

不仅仅是中国啊…

raihan8056

My condolences to the millions of Chinese who have been affected by the 3vil China one-child policy  resulting in a rise in abortions of female fetuses and an increase in the number of female children who were placed in orphanages or were abandoned

我向数百万受到独生子女政策影响的中国人表示慰问。之前的独生子女政策导致堕胎人数上升，被送到孤儿院或被遗弃的女童人数增加

edilia

Back in the 80´s the Chinese goverment would give you an AM/FM radio OR a bicycle if you snitched those  had more than 1 child. They would go to those families, get them fired from their jobs and demolish their homes...

在80年代，如果你举报者超生家庭，政府就会给你一台调频收音机或一辆自行车。他们会去那些被举报的人家里，让他们下岗，拆他们的房子……

Nizam-l9p

At 37 I still single never ever have any relationship. Have been rejected many times over and over.

37岁了，我还是单身，从来没有谈过恋爱，一次次被拒绝。

tonytopcat1000

Get rid of the dowry

取消彩礼

JC-gs4fx

2000 yuan is nothing The government needs to make housing more affordable, create more jobs and make schools free for kids.

政府要让人们买得起房子，创造更多的就业机会，让孩子们免费上学。

Tony-rw1yj

This is nothing compared to Japan and Korea.

与日本和韩国相比，中国的情况算不了什么。

windsong3wong828

Nowadays, the youths want a lot out of life.

They want to travel, buy apartments , buy stuffs and achieve personal goals.

如今，年轻人对生活有很多要求。

他们想要旅行，买房子，买东西，实现个人目标

Cantonnoodles1x1

A Dowry, which is usually expensive, The fact that most people in China these days are not making much for payments, basic necessities

彩礼昂贵，事实上，大多数中国人现在都没有多少钱支付基本必需品

MANASYt

Why? Cuz marriage and kids means buying a house. You know the price of apartments in China, right? I do, I live here.

为什么？因为结婚生子意味着买房。你们知道中国的房价吧？

DorasaniM

India has already this problem in south india and the rest of the India will follow in next 10 years so this not happens china it is happening in India at a faster rate

印度南部已经出现这个问题，未来10年印度其他地区也会出现，所以这不会是中国独有的情况，印度也快了，会来得更猛烈

peterg0

This is happening all over the world...not only in China!

全世界都一样，不仅仅是在中国！

aiuoe2

Dowry....sick society

彩礼，病态的社会

hans1783

is... not was. the mortality rate is still higher for girl babies.

女婴的死亡率仍然更高。

jefflim3559

Why are they focusing on marriage crisis, marriage doesn't guarantee having kids. Many married couples actually choose to not have family. They should focus on giving more benefits to people having children instead of people who plan to marry.

为什么他们关注婚姻危机，婚姻并不能保证有孩子。许多已婚夫妇实际上选择不生孩子。他们应该把重点放在给有孩子的人更多福利，而不是计划结婚的人。

虎瀬野

no matter how hard it worked...still difficult to make all 1 billion people happy

无论多么努力，仍然很难让所有10亿人都幸福

tonym6566

It's a world wide phenomenon

这是一个世界性的现象

usiohaki295

This is the sign of a rich nation.

这是一个国家富裕的标志。

QiuQiuChannel-ni3xj

Combine this slow economy, low wages and burden to take care parents, marriage become impossibble for many

经济发展缓慢，工资低，要照顾父母，对许多人来说，结婚是不可能的

rahulwala4122

Same in India

印度也一样

SuperDoggykong

pretty sure this isn't only a china problem. the younger generation has not interest in marriage because of inflation. it's TOO EXPENSIVE to get married and nurture children.

我很确定这不仅仅是中国的问题。由于通货膨胀，年轻一代对婚姻不感兴趣。结婚和养孩子都太贵了。

vandydandy8575

Never underestimate the incomp. of the government

永远不要低估政府

Boatswain_Tam

The diff b/t China vs Japan & S Korea is that the latter 2 already made money before becoming aged. China still has a lot of poor ppl

中国与日本和韩国的不同之处在于，后两个国家在老龄化之前就已经富起来了。而中国仍然有很多穷人，是未富先老

umar_mughal.3861

No-one needs humans in the age of A.I

We have way-passed on, the baby boomer age..

在人工智能时代，不需要人类

婴儿潮时代已经过去了。

kereuee

None of these videos, whether it be about Japan or South Korea, mention the reason women don’t want to be married is because they’re expected to do work full time and take care of household duties and childcare. Why won’t they discuss the gender domestic inequity?

无论是关于日本还是韩国的，都没有提到女性不想结婚的原因，因为她们既被要求全职工作，又要做家务，照顾孩子。为什么他们不讨论性别不平等？

cosmoray9750

Women in China expect Dowry or what they call bride price.

That in itself is call extortion..lets call it what it is.

Like there and same as in the West. Men can lose half of this saving if thing doesn't go well.

中国女性希望得到嫁妆，也就是她们所说的彩礼。

这本身就是敲诈勒索，我们就直说好了。如果后面婚姻不顺，男人可能会失去一半的积蓄。

mm64030

when chinese women demand a house, car,  and six figure yuan dowery it seems to me they're more in it for the money and assets not happiness

中国女性要求房子、汽车和六位数的彩礼，在我看来，她们更多的是为了钱和资产，而不是为了幸福

tetsuoshima2314

It's worldwide, this is the results of thew new gilded age where 90% of regular people struggle to survive, how does one find love, marriage and raise kids in this dystopia?

这是世界性的，这是新镀金时代的结果，90%的普通人挣扎着生存，一个人如何在这个反乌托邦的社会中找到爱情，结婚和抚养孩子？

有明-p4f

The essence of marriage is a social unit of economic significance. People are reluctant to get married, which is often caused by economic problems, and more by distribution problems, such as the excessive gap between the rich and the poor and the unequal distribution under the background of the improvement of living standards.

婚姻的本质是经济学意义的社会单元，人们不愿意结婚，往往是经济出了问题，更多的是分配问题，比如生活水平提高背景下的贫富差距过大和分配不均。

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