It’s official. From January 1, 2016 China will allow two children for every couple.
Chinese lawmakers rubber-stamped the new
legislation Sunday during a session of the National People’s Congress
Standing Committee, which governs the country’s laws, the state-run
Xinhua news agency reported.
“The state advocates that one couple shall
be allowed to have two children,” according to the newly revised Law on
Population and Family Planning.
This effectively dismantles the remnants of the country’s infamous one-child policy that had been eased in recent years.
When news of the planned change to the law
broke in October, the ruling Communist Party issued the following
statement: “To promote a balanced growth of population, China will
continue to uphold the basic national policy of population control and
improve its strategy on population development.
“China will fully implement the policy of
‘one couple, two children’ in a proactive response to the issue of an
aging population.”
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