WUNRN
CHINA - DIVORCES EXCEED MARRIAGES - GOVERNMENT
REPORT
June 27, 2013 - Editor Wu Linfei
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The divorce rate
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![The divorce rate in China has outstripped the marriage rate for the first time in the past decade, according to a report released by China's Ministry of Civil Affairs recently. [File Photo]](070113_china_files/image001.jpg "The divorce rate in China has outstripped the marriage rate for the first time in the past decade, according to a report released by China's Ministry of Civil Affairs recently. [File Photo]")
The divorce rate in
The report compared figures from 2011 and 2012, showing that 13.236 million
couples registered for marriage in 2012, representing an increase of 1.6
percent, as opposed to 3.104 million couples who got divorced, representing an
increase of eight percent.
Chinese people's marriage values have undergone huge changes as the society has
become more open and progressive in recent years. People are beginning to
attach more importance to marriage equality and many now consider divorce a
matter of personal choice.
(Source:acwf.people.com.cn/Translated by womenofchina.cn)