Incentives for first-time couples range from small vouchers to tens of thousands of yuan as marriage registrations remain near historic lows
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Chinese local governments, villages and companies are offering cash payments and consumption vouchers to newly married couples as the country confronts persistently weak marriage and birth rates.
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China had fewer than 1.7 million marriage registrations in the first quarter of this year, half the levels in 2017.
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