Before revision: Falling numbers of women of childebearing age and reluctance of young women to have children had reduced the China's fretility rate to close to 1.0 by 2024 (a fertility rate of 2.1 is needed for a stable population).
After revision: Falling numbers of women of childbearing age and reluctance of young women to have children had reduced the China's fertility rate to close to 1.0 by 2024 (a fertility rate of 2.1 is needed for a stable population).