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By Farah Master

China aims for better-skilled population, to improve childcare

FILE PHOTO: A parents pushes a stroller with a baby in a park in Shanghai, China, April 2, 2023. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo

China needs to focus on education, science and technology to develop a better-skilled population, the state-backed People's Daily said on Tuesday, adding that the country will strive for a "moderate fertility" level to support economic growth.

President Xi Jinping recently attended a meeting concerned with population development, it added with the newspaper describing population development as a major event linked to China's "great rejuvenation".

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