Fall for 70% the number of divorces in China after the law requiring couples “to relax”

According to data released by the Ministry of Public Services, 296 thousand divorces were registered during the three months of 2021, up from 1 million and 50 thousand as they had been in the same quarter of the previous year.

The divorce rate in China has been on a steady rise, and this has also been linked to the decline in nightiness that has led the Chinese state into a demographic crisis.

As a counter-reply, the government has promoted traditional values and marriage, discouraging divorces. The period of “concern” is part of a civil code that came into force from January 1st this year covered laws including marriage, adoption and property rights, writes The Guardian, the Periscope.

The Law required couples seeking divorce to wait 30 days before formalizing it. If the couple did not come to two meetings between 30 and 60 days after the application, this application was automatically cancelled.

The period of relaxation in theory should not apply to those divorces where there was domestic violence, but some cases of violence or murder have raised questions about the reality of this practice.

The announcement of the period of calm had caused anger at that time, especially in women.