Okay is this just the "but at what cost?"

I saw this random post about China banning AI companions and saying "China is doing that to stop the falling birthrates"

And I'm like is this actually true? They really doing that because of this one thing? Looking at every article they list the problems of AI companions, the dependecy, the lack of human interactions, the problems with addiction and etc. After listing that they include one of those 2 people saying the exact same thing:

“They don’t like the idea of a large portion of their population being in deep emotional relationships with chatbots that could take them out of the marriage market, that could have negative psychological impacts on them, that could lead to addiction, dependency and a whole bunch of other social ills,” said Matt Sheehan, who studies Chinese AI at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a think tank.

https://archive.ph/n60vu#selection-881.308-881.321

The end to such relationships is motivated by both pragmatic and ideological concerns, says Zilan Qian of the Oxford China Policy Lab, a think-tank. Regulators want to protect users, particularly minors, from becoming addicted and from being driven to extreme acts of financial recklessness or self-harm. (Suicides linked to chatbots are the subject of lawsuits in America.) China’s plummeting fertility and marriage rates are also unsettling the country’s leaders. And romantic relationships with AI will do very little to spur more babymaking.

https://archive.ph/yMRf7#selection-1197.0-1201.46

So there is anything from CPC or is just two think tankers assuming things?