就此終結:離婚率上升6%

Calling it quits: Divorce rate jumps 6%

就此終結:離婚率上升6%

More than 3.84 million couples called their marriage off in China last year, a 5.6 percent increase from 2014, the Ministry of Civil Affairs said on Monday, the China News Service reported.

據中國新聞社報道，民政部周一表示去年中國超過384萬對夫婦結束了他們的婚姻，比2014年增長了5.6%。

The national divorce rate has risen sharply since 2002, with the crude divorce rate that is the annual number divorces per 1,000 population increasing from 0.9 to 2.8 last year, according to the ministry.

據民政部表示，自2002年以來全國離婚率急劇上升，每一千人的年離婚率從上一年的0.9漲到2.8。

The rising divorce rate in China is also reflected in the increase in domestic disputes brought to courts. According to the country’s top court, there were 4 million such cases from 2013 to the end of October 2015.

中國離婚率的上升也能從國內增長的法庭爭議上體現(xiàn)出來。據國家最高法院稱，2013年到2015年十月底共計有400萬此類案件。

The changing social and economic conditions and people’s view of marriage were behind the rising divorce rate, said Zhai Zhenwu, professor of sociology and population studies at Renmin University of China in Beijing.

中國人民大學社會學和人口研究學教授翟雋武表示，離婚率上升背后隱藏的是不斷變化的社會和經濟條件以及人們對婚姻的看法。

He said in the past discussing divorce meant social pressure, but now people are more open-minded. People frequently migrate from one place to another and that makes sustaining marriage difficult.

教授表示，過去談離婚意味著(將會有)社會壓力，但現(xiàn)在人們更開放了。人們經常從一個地方遷移到另一個地方，而這也使得維持婚姻變得困難。

Fang Ning, director of the Institute of Political Science of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said in the past when couples were not so well off, it was hard for them to separate and many were bound together merely to support a family.

中國社會科學院政治學研究所主任芳寧表示，過去夫妻之間不甚和睦時，分開對他們來說很難，許多人僅僅是為了支撐一個家庭才綁在一起。

"And now, the couples have fewer extra worries and it is easier for them to leave each other once they find they are not compatible," Fang said.

芳主任說：“現(xiàn)在，夫妻們幾乎沒有額外的負擔，一旦他們發(fā)現(xiàn)彼此不能共處，離開對方對他們來說是一件非常簡單的事。”

Li Hongzhao, a Beijing lawyer, said that the country’s laws are also behind the high divorce rate. A 2003 regulation on marriage and divorce simplified the divorce procedure and allowed couples to divorce the same day.

北京的一位律師李洪釗表示，國家的法律也是高離婚率背后的原因。2003年一個關于結婚和離婚的條例簡化了離婚程序，允許夫妻(結婚)當天離婚。

The high divorce rate is also due to the independent personality and lack of tolerance and patience, because most husbands and wives born in 1980s and 1990s were the only child of a family, Li said.

李律師表示，高離婚率也歸咎于(現(xiàn)代人)獨立的人格和缺乏寬容和耐心，因為大多數(shù)出生在80年代和90年代的夫妻都是家里的獨生子女。

A study by a court in Siming district of Xiamen, Fujian province, showed that the post-1980s was fueling the rising divorce rate, and about 60 percent of divorce cases were brought by women.

福建廈門思明區(qū)法院的一項研究表明，80后助力了離婚率的增長，而且大約有60%的離婚案件是由女性提出的。

Generally, women have a higher level of education, better income and enhanced family status, making them less reliant on men economically or psychologically, said Kuang Jieyu, a judge responsible for family proceedings.

一般來說，女性有了更高層次的教育，更好的收入和更高的家庭地位，這使得她們在經濟和心理上對男人的依賴都有所減少——一位負責家庭訴訟案件的法官匡婕妤如是說。

Children and property are no longer the main concerns for couples who plan to divorce, Kuang said. About three-quarters of divorced couples have children, according to the study.

匡婕妤表示，孩子和財產不再是打算離婚的夫妻考慮的主要問題了。研究顯示，約四分之三的離婚夫妻都有孩子。