I talked to plenty of my friends in China so I have some insight to share. Part of the reason as to why the population is dropping is that a lot of the younger generations aren't looking to getting into marriage and have kids nowadays. Of course, the people in the more rural area with the more traditional mindsets still have plenty of kids. It's the opposite for the city folks. They simply don't put building a family as their priority. Women are also more into career pursuit more than ever nowadays over there so family becomes a secondary priority for both genders over there. Factor in the increased cost to have a child nowadays, and it's just too much for many couples to afford even if they have the desire to do so. After we add up everything, it's expected for the birth rate to go low.

China government tried to push different strategies to increase the birth rate but it's to no avail. They went from "one child per family" in the 90s to "three children per family" recently -- but if no family wants to have three children anyway, then it doesn't matter.

At some point they sorta gave up on the younger generations and pushed incentives to have older couples to add new kids to their family. You can see how desperate they are when they have to do this.

!PIZZA