What does China’s declining population mean for business?

China’s latest demographic data was released by the National Bureau of Statistics on 17 January, showing that the country’s population fell for a second consecutive year. The latest data reinforces fears about the challenges a declining population will pose for the world’s second-largest economy, which has long relied on a plentiful and ambitious workforce to fuel its industrial and economic growth. The population decline of 0.15% – or 2.08 million…