South China Morning Post

As China’s birth rate falls, vacant schools are transformed into aged care facilities

Primary schools and kindergartens in China are being converted into elderly care facilities, as falling birth rates and a shrinking youth population leave classrooms empty. According to data from the Ministry of Education, primary school admissions and preschool enrolments each fell around 10 per cent in 2025. The total number of educational institutions nationwide declined by over 6 per cent to 440,700 from the year before. Some of these vacant campuses are being repurposed to serve a...

By South China Morning Post

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As China’s birth rate falls, vacant schools are transformed into aged care facilities
As China’s birth rate falls, vacant schools are transformed into aged care facilities

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