For each elderly citizen, there are seven people who are working and contributing to the social welfare system

China has formally approved a number of policy reforms including one easing the country’s long-standing one-child policy.

A lack of women in China means an estimated 30-million to 50-million men will be without a wife in 20 years.

A Chinese official says there would be no "major" change to population control measures, cooling hopes it may ease the one-child policy.

Strong economic growth, increased government spending on education and the one-child policy have made gifted young women increasingly common in China.