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On October 25, Yicai reported that as the number of children declines, kindergartens in many places are being converted into nursing homes, and preschool teachers are changing careers to care for the elderly. In 2025, China's old-age dependency ratio exceeded the child dependency ratio for the first time, with the population aged 65 and above exceeding the 0–14 age group by 10.89 million.

According to a report by Yicai on October 22, from January to September 2026, nationwide urban and rural residents' household electricity consumption was 123.46 billion kilowatt-hours, down 0.3% year-on-year — the first decline for the same period in nearly ten years.

According to a Yicai report, from 1985 to 2024, the impervious surface area in major urban agglomerations such as Beijing, Tianjin, the Yangtze River Delta, and the Pearl River Delta increased from 22,500 square kilometers to 69,300 square kilometers.

On July 15, 2026, Yicai reported that earnings forecasts for the first half of the year from 15 listed hog producers showed combined projected losses of 15.089 billion to 17.859 billion yuan, with the industry suffering widespread losses due to a plunge in hog slaughter prices and sluggish consumption.