CHINA / SOCIETY
By Global Times Published: May 20, 2021 05:13 PM
A couple kiss each other and show their marriage certificate on May 20, 2020 which is considered China s second unofficial Valentine s Day after Western Valentines. Photo: VCG
May 20, Chinese Valentine s Day, is seeing a peak of marriage registrations, with 5,521 couples in Beijing applying for registration, prompting Beijing to launch a second level emergency response amid a rebound of sporadic COVID-19 cases in China. The date was chosen for Chinese Valentine s day, as 5.20 sounds similar to I love you in Chinese.
In order to prevent cluster infections, couples have to apply for registration online, and those without appointments cannot be registered on Thursday. Registration is being conducted in staggered times, and couples with appointments are requested to wait in line to be called for registration.
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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.
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‘Cool-Off Period’ Greatly Lowers Divorce Rate, China Says
Thanks to a controversial new deterrent, 72% fewer divorces were granted between January and March compared with the previous quarter.
A historically low number of divorces were granted in China after a controversial law to discourage couples from legally separating came into effect this year.
In the first quarter of 2021, only 296,000 couples received divorces, a 72% drop compared with the fourth quarter of last year, according to data published last week by China’s Ministry of Civil Affairs. Prior to the national data, dozens of cities and provinces including Hangzhou, Nanchang, and Nanjing had released their own local data showing similar declines.