最近，在浙江宁波登记结婚的夫妻可以收到政府给的一千元结婚消费券。
虽然钱不算多，但这让很多人感到温暖并在网上分享这份快乐。
数据显示，2024年中国登记结婚的夫妻数量比十年前下降了很多。
专家认为，在中国，大多数孩子是在结婚后出生的，所以鼓励结婚对提高生育率有作用。
因此，从2025年开始，为了鼓励生育，全国很多地方都推出了新政策。
除了宁波的消费券，还有山西的现金红包，以及广州一个村子给出的高达20万元的结婚生育奖励。
这些措施的共同点是，将鼓励生育的帮助提前到了结婚这一步。
除了结婚奖励，很多地方还提供了生孩子补贴、更长的结婚假期等。
从2025年5月开始，全国都可以跨省办理结婚登记，比以前方便多了。
但专家最后强调，由于适合生育的女性总数在减少，任何单一政策都很难完全解决结婚人数下降的问题。
未来还需要采取更多方面的措施，系统地帮助年轻人减轻结婚和生育的负担。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 最近 | zuì jìn | recently |
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 浙江 | Zhè jiāng | Zhejiang Province in eastern China. |
| 宁波 | Níng bō | Ningbo, a coastal city in Zhejiang Province, China. |
| 登记 | dēng jì | to register (one's name) |
| 结婚 | jié hūn | to marry; to get married |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 夫妻 | fū qī | husband and wife; married couple |
| 可以 | kě yǐ | can / may / possible / able to |
| 收到 | shōu dào | to receive |
| 政府 | zhèng fǔ | government |
| 给 | gěi | to give |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 千 | qiān | thousand |
| 元 | yuán | currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan) / era (of a reign) / (geology) eon |
| 消费 | xiāo fèi | to consume (goods and services, resources etc) |
| 券 | quàn | bond / contract / deed / ticket / voucher / certificate |
| 虽然 | suī rán | although; even though |
| 钱 | qián | coin / money / unit of weight, one tenth of a tael |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 算 | suàn | to regard as / to figure / to calculate / to compute |
| 多 | duō | many; much; more; a lot of |
| 但 | dàn | but; yet; however; still |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 让 | ràng | to permit / to let sb do sth / to have sb do sth / to make sb (feel sad etc) |
| 很多 | hěn duō | many; a lot of |
| 人 | rén | person; people |
| 感到 | gǎn dào | to feel; to sense; to perceive |
| 温暖 | wēn nuǎn | warm |
| 并 | bìng | and / together with |
| 网 | wǎng | net; web / network |
| 上 | shàng | (noun suffix) on; above |
| 分享 | fēn xiǎng | to share (let others have some of sth good) |
| 份 | fèn | classifier for gifts, newspaper, magazine, papers, reports, contracts etc |
| 快乐 | kuài lè | happy; joyful |
| 数据 | shù jù | data |
| 显示 | xiǎn shì | to show / to illustrate / to display / to demonstrate |
| 年 | nián | year |
| 中国 | Zhōng guó | China |
| 数量 | shù liàng | amount; quantity / (math.) scalar quantity |
| 比 | bǐ | (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun} / (in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese) |
| 十 | shí | ten / 10 |
| 前 | qián | ago / before / BC / former / formerly |
| 下降 | xià jiàng | to decline / to drop / to fall / to go down / to decrease |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 专家 | zhuān jiā | expert; specialist |
| 认为 | rèn wéi | to believe; to think; to consider; to feel |
| 大多数 | dà duō shù | (great) majority |
| 孩子 | hái zi | child |
| 是 | shì | indeed (used for emphasis) |
| 后 | hòu | afterwards / after |
| 出生 | chū shēng | to be born |
| 所以 | suǒ yǐ | therefore / as a result / so |
| 鼓励 | gǔ lì | to encourage |
| 对 | duì | towards; at; for / concerning; regarding |
| 提高 | tí gāo | to raise / to increase / to improve |
| 生育 | shēng yù | fertility |
| 率 | lǜ | (bound form) ratio; rate; proportion |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 作用 | zuò yòng | action; function; activity / impact; result; effect |
| 因此 | yīn cǐ | thus; consequently; as a result |
| 从 | cóng | from; through; via / (bound form) retainer; attendant / (bound form) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate / (bound form) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor |
| 开始 | kāi shǐ | to begin / to start |
| 为了 | wèi le | for; for the purpose of; in order to |
| 全国 | quán guó | nationwide / countrywide / national |
| 地方 | dì fang | place; location; area; space; territory / aspect; part |
| 都 | dōu | all; both; entirely |
| 推出 | tuī chū | to release / to launch / to publish / to recommend |
| 新 | xīn | new; newly |
| 政策 | zhèng cè | policy |
| 除了 | chú le | apart from; besides; in addition to |
| 还 | hái | in addition, also, else, even |
| 山西 | Shān xī | Shanxi, a province in northern China. |
| 现金 | xiàn jīn | cash |
| 红包 | hóng bāo | money wrapped in red as a gift / bonus payment / kickback / bribe |
| 以及 | yǐ jí | and; as well as |
| 广州 | Guǎng zhōu | Guangzhou; a major city in southern China, capital of Guangdong Province. |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 村子 | cūn zi | village |
| 给出 | gěi chū | to give; to provide; to offer (an answer, solution, etc.) |
| 高 | gāo | high / tall / above average / loud |
| 达 | dá | to attain / to reach / to amount to / to communicate |
| 万 | wàn | ten thousand / a great number |
| 奖励 | jiǎng lì | reward (as encouragement) |
| 这些 | zhè xiē | these |
| 措施 | cuò shī | measure / step |
| 共同 | gòng tóng | common / joint / collaborative |
| 点 | diǎn | point; dot; spot; speck / dot stroke in Chinese characters / (math.) decimal point / point in time or space / (after a number) o'clock |
| 将 | jiāng | (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把) |
| 帮助 | bāng zhù | assistance; aid |
| 提前 | tí qián | to shift to an earlier date / to do sth ahead of time |
| 到 | dào | to reach; to arrive / to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) / (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) |
| 步 | bù | a step / a pace / walk / march / stages in a process / situation |
| 提供 | tí gōng | to offer / to supply / to provide / to furnish |
| 生 | shēng | to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born / to arise; to occur / to light (a fire) |
| 补贴 | bǔ tiē | subsidy / allowance / benefit |
| 更 | gèng | more / even more / further / still / still more |
| 长 | cháng | long |
| 假期 | jià qī | vacation |
| 等 | děng | and so on; etc.; et al. / (used to end an enumeration) |
| 月 | yuè | month / monthly |
| 全 | quán | all / whole / entire / every / complete |
| 国 | guó | country; nation; state |
| 跨 | kuà | to step across / to stride over / to straddle / to span |
| 省 | shěng | province / provincial capital / a ministry (of the Japanese government) |
| 办理 | bàn lǐ | to handle; to transact; to conduct |
| 以前 | yǐ qián | before / formerly / previous / ago |
| 方便 | fāng biàn | convenient; suitable |
| 最后 | zuì hòu | finally; in the end |
| 强调 | qiáng diào | to emphasize (a statement) / to stress |
| 由于 | yóu yú | due to / as a result of / thanks to / owing to / since / because |
| 适合 | shì hé | to fit; to suit |
| 女性 | nǚ xìng | woman / the female sex |
| 总 | zǒng | (bound form) general; overall |
| 数 | shù | number; figure |
| 减少 | jiǎn shǎo | to lessen; to decrease; to reduce; to lower |
| 任何 | rèn hé | any; whatever; whichever |
| 单一 | dān yī | single / only / sole |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite |
| 难 | nán | difficult (to...) / difficult |
| 完全 | wán quán | totally; entirely |
| 解决 | jiě jué | to solve; to resolve; to settle (a problem) |
| 人数 | rén shù | number of people |
| 问题 | wèn tí | question / problem / issue / topic |
| 未来 | wèi lái | future / tomorrow |
| 需要 | xū yào | to need; to want; to demand; to require |
| 采取 | cǎi qǔ | to adopt or carry out / to take |
| 方面 | fāng miàn | respect / aspect / field / side |
| 系统 | xì tǒng | system |
| 地 | de | -ly / structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct |
| 年轻 | nián qīng | young |
| 减轻 | jiǎn qīng | to lighten / to ease / to alleviate |
| 和 | hé | and; together with |
| 负担 | fù dān | burden |