Source: China – South China Morning PostOne of China’s key farming provinces is stepping up efforts to halt a decline in its population, which the local government says is hindering economic development.Pressure is growing on Heilongjiang in China’s northeastern rust belt as its population has plummeted by 16 per cent, or 6.46 million, from a decade ago, according to data from the 2020 census.At a meeting chaired by provincial party secretary Xu Qin, the province’s population problem was labelled “a strategic issue” hindering …Read More