China will handle 6.106 million marriage registrations in 2024

According to the “2024 Civil Affairs Development Statistical Bulletin” released by the Ministry of Civil Affairs on the 30th, there will be a total of 4,190 marriage registration offices and venues nationwide in 2024, of which 1,134 will be marriage registration offices. Throughout the year, 6.106 million marriage registrations were filed in accordance with the law, a 20.5% decrease from the previous year.

The marriage rate was 4.3 per 1,000 people, a decrease of 1.1 percentage points from the previous year. The number of divorces processed in accordance with the law was 3.513 million, of which 2.622 million were divorce registrations filed by civil affairs departments and 891,000 were divorces by court judgment or mediation. The divorce rate was 2.5 per 1,000 people.