Men outnumbered women by 32.66 million on the Chinese mainland by the end of 2017, according to data released by National Bureau of Statistics on Jan. 18.
據國家統計局1月18日公佈的資料顯示，到2017年底，中國大陸男性比女性人數多3266萬。
Experts warn that the imbalanced sex ratio of 104.81 males for every 100 females may cause social problems, China News reported.
據《中國新聞》報道，專家警告稱，男女性別比為104.81，這可能會造成社會問題。
The statistics show that the total population of the Chinese mainland was about 1.39 billion by the end of 2017, among which, the population of men stood at about 711.37 million, with the female population at 678.71 million. Men outnumber women by 32.66 million, down 930,000 compared with 2016.
統計資料顯示，到2017年底，中國大陸總人口約13.9億，其中男性人口約為71137萬人，女性為67871萬人。男性人口數量比女性多了3266萬，與2016年相比，下降了93萬。
The narrower gender gap is attributed to the comprehensive two-child policy implemented by the country since 2015, said Chen Jian, vice president of China Society of Social Reform.
中國經濟體制改革研究會副會長陳劍表示，這兩年男女人口差距的'縮小，很重要的原因就是全面二孩政策。
Chen stressed that the phenomenon of men far outnumbering women may cause lots of social problems and influence social and economic development.
陳劍強調，男性人口遠超女性人口會造成諸多社會問題，影響經濟和社會的發展。
Li Jianxin, a professor at the Department of Sociology, Peking University, also noted that surplus of men, whose physiological needs cannot be normally met, may be a threat to the society, adding that as China is now stepping into an aging society, once the population of marriage age keeps rising, it will be a complex and difficult social security problem in the future.
北京大學社會學系教授李建新也指出，男性適婚人口過剩，他們的生理需求卻又無法通過正常途徑滿足，可能會給社會帶來威脅。他進一步指出，中國當前已步入老齡化社會，一旦未婚人群數量提升，未來將增加整個國家社會保障問題的複雜性，以及社會保障的難度。
In addition, Chinese women nowadays have more advantages in choosing their mates than men due to the gender gap, and they are inclined to choose someone better than themselves, making it harder to find a suitable marriage partner, Chen pointed out.
此外，陳劍還表示，由於性別差異，如今的中國女性擇偶比男性更有優勢，她們傾向於選擇比自己更好的人，這使得要找到一個合適的男性變得更加困難。
