With a permanent population 1.1103 million at the end of 2024, the decrease can be attributed to a birth rate of just 2.96 percent, down on the figure for 2023 of 3.56 percent, with only 4,000 babies born during the year. Mortality remained almost constant. Full story (in Chinese) via this link; read lots more of the latest news from Taizhou via this link.