BEIJING: As China tries to slow its demographic decline, women like Chen Luojin could be part of the solution. The divorced 33-year-old lives in Chengdu, capital of the southw
The divorced 33-year-old lives in Chengdu, capital of the southwestern Sichuan province, which legalised registration of children by unmarried women in February, something China is considering implementing nationwide to address record low birth rates.
"If China changes their policy to allow single women to have children, this can result in an increase of IVF demand," said Yve Lyppens, director of business development for Asia Pacific at INVO Bioscience, which is awaiting regulatory approval to launch its IVF technology in China after signing a distribution agreement with Guangzhou-based Onesky Holdings last year.
"The queues in the hospital are very long," said 34-year-old Xiangyu, a married woman undergoing IVF in Chongqing, some 300km east of Chengdu. She spoke on the condition of partial anonymity for privacy reasons. China's IVF market, including treatment, drugs and equipment, is expected to grow at a compound annual rate of 14.5 per cent in coming years, nearly doubling to 85.4 billion yuan in 2025 from 49.7 billion yuan, research house Leadleo estimated in a report last year.
The country implemented a rigid one-child policy from 1980 until 2015 - the root of many of its demographic challenges that have allowed India to become the world's most populous nation. The limit has since been raised to three children. Doctor Xu Xiaoming, director of the embryologic laboratory of the assisted reproductive centre, demonstrates to the camera the vitrification devices loading embryo specimens that are stored in liquid nitrogen, at the Beijing Perfect Family Hospital, which specialises in fertility treatments, in Beijing, China Apr 6, 2023. In the United States, the average success rate of an IVF cycle is 52 per cent, the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology says.
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