This also means that the number of marriage registrations nationwide has once again declined after experiencing a rebound in 2023. According to statistics from the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the number of marriage registrations in China has been continuously declining for many years before 2023: in 2013, the number of marriage registrations in China was 13.469 million pairs, which began to decline year by year in 2014, and then fell below the 10 million pairs mark in 2019, the 8 million pairs mark in 2021, the 6.835 million pairs mark in 2022, and the 7 million pairs mark. In 2023, it rebounded to 7.68 million pairs.