Marriage registrations up 7.4% in 1st half, set to rise further on Chinese Valentine’s Day
31省份上半年领证数排行榜：豫粤川居前三
As Qixi Festival, or traditional Chinese Valentine’s Day approaches, Chinese cities are preparing for the upcoming peak day of marriage registration during the festival in order to offer good services for new couples despite the COVID-19 resurgence. Marriage registrations during the festival have been booked solid in many areas.
Last week, the latest data published by China’s Ministry of Civil Affairs showed that marriage registrations in the first half of this year were 4.166 million, up by 287,000 year-on-year but down by 814,000 from the first half of 2019.
In the first half of this year, 966,000 divorces were registered nationwide, down 39.4 percent year-on-year, the data showed.
8月12日周六(8月14日)是农历七月初七，是一年一度的七夕情人节，不少情侣选择当天领证，寄托美好心愿。
上半年结婚登记增加28.7万对
上半年，全国结婚登记人数为416.6万对，与2020年同期数据相比，增加28.7万对。但与2019年同期数据相比，则减少了81.4万对。
