What Is China s Cooling Off Law? Divorce Rates Drops 70% As Critics Warn Of Domestic Violence Increase
05/19/21 AT 2:18 PM
A controversial new law in China has influenced the divorce rate, which plummeted more than 70% in the first quarter of 2021, according to reports.
The divorce rate drop comes after a law passed in May 2020 that required couples to wait 30 days before they formalize a divorce, otherwise known as a “cooling-off” period. The law immediately prompted a national debate over government interference in private relationships amid China s divorce rate s steady climb in recent years.
China’s Ministry of Civil Affairs logged just 296,000 divorces in the first quarter of 2021, down from 1.06 million in 2020 and 1.05 million in 2019.
China Divorce Rates Plunges 70% Due To Cooling Off Law
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Divorce Restrictions Endanger Women as Leaders Focus on Demographic Crisis
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China has implemented a mandatory “cooling-off” period for divorces, mandating that spouses observe a 30-day waiting period to deter impulsive divorces. But the new requirement, which went into effect on January 1st of this year, has created a variety of side effects, from a surge of divorces in the final days of 2020 to appointment “scalping” under the new system.
The controversy about the waiting period and how to manage China’s growing divorce rate comes as Chinese lawmakers wrestle with a long foretold demographic crisis of an aging population and falling birth rates, which reached a new low in 2020. Observers are watching the annual “Two Sessions” meetings in Beijing this week to see if Beijing will respond with reforms to its family planning policies.