Thee fertility rate in China is now 1.4 children per woman, almost touching the warning line of 1.3 that is recognized globally as the "low fertility trap", according to the report.

报告指出，中国目前的总和生育率只有1.4，这个水平已经非常接近国际上公认的1.3的 的“低生育陷阱”的警戒线。

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In other words, very-low-fertility countries can fall into a trap.

换句话说，极低生育率国家会掉落陷阱里去。

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It also faces a demographic trap, with low fertility and an increasingly dependent aging population.

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