HONG KONG: Some Chinese provinces are giving young newlyweds 30 days of paid leave in the hope of encouraging marriage and boosting a flagging birth rate, the Communist Party publication People's Daily Health said on Tuesday (Feb 21). China's minimum paid marriage leave is three days, but provinces ha
HONG KONG: Some Chinese provinces are giving young newlyweds 30 days of paid leave in the hope of encouraging marriage and boosting a flagging birth rate, the Communist Party publication People's Daily Health said on Tuesday .
The northwestern province of Gansu and the coal-producing province of Shanxi now give 30 days, while Shanghai gives 10 and Sichuan still only three, according to the People's Daily Health.
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