According to data from the China Childbearing Cost Report, excluding extra expenses such as school district housing, the cost of raising a child in China to age 18 or university graduation is extremely high, leading to a precipitous drop in China's birth rate.
Prince Andrew has been officially arrested by British police on suspicion of misconduct in public office.
On February 17, 2024, netizens reported that the house number plate at Li Keqiang's former residence at 80 Hongxing Road in Hengzei had been covered up.
From the New Year's Eve of February 9, 2024 to the first day of the Lunar New Year, reports circulated online that a major armed mass killing occurred in Zhaike Village, Luohe Town, Juxian County, Rizhao City, Shandong Province, leaving more than ten people dead or injured; authorities strictly censored the online information.
On February 7, 2024, the CCP Central Committee and the State Council removed Yi Huiman from his posts as Party Committee Secretary and Chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), with Wu Qing succeeding him; outsiders believe this is related to the continuous decline of A-shares at the time.
Prince Andrew has officially moved out of the royal residence where he lived for twenty years and has been assigned to a smaller house.
On February 2, 2024, People's Daily published an interview with Koppe, a Communist Party official from Germany, and ran it as a headline, sparking large-scale irony and an opinion storm among Chinese netizens against the backdrop of a stock market crash and economic downturn.
Former Party Committee Secretary and President of China Merchants Bank, Tian Huiyu, sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve.