China has been keen to slow population growth for several years. A larger population equals more mouths to feed, more houses and jobs required and a greater demand on schools and hospitals.

Strong growth in its working-age population over the past several decades allowed China to become the world's factory — over 70% of solar panels, 60% of farm machines, and 25% of robots are ...

China's aging ... the working-age population will contract at an annual rate of 1%. "All other things being equal, this nearly 3 percentage point reduction in the growth rate in the working ...

The above graph plots the ... It shows a growth within the country unlike anything Uber has seen anywhere else in the world. Even new cities not in China aren't enjoying similar levels of growth.