Beijing announces that China's birth rate last year slipped to 7.52 per thousand, a record low. The spokesperson of the National Bureau of Statistics also comments on the economic pressures China is facing after GDP growth slowed in the final months of 2021. "We must be aware that the external environment is more complicated and uncertain, and the domestic economy is under the triple pressures of demand contraction, supply shock, and weakening expectations," says spokesperson Ning Jizhe. +COMPLETES VIDI9WB9YH_EN+ IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES