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[h=1]China ends one-child policy after 35 years[/h]Government to allow all couples to have two children as ‘response to an ageing population’ and amid concerns over economy
China has scrapped its one-child policy, allowing all couples to have two children for the first time since draconian family planning rules were introduced more than three decades ago.
The announcement followed a four-day Communist party summit in Beijing where China’s top leaders debated financial reforms and how to maintain growth at a time of heightened concerns about the economy.
China will “fully implement a policy of allowing each couple to have two children as an active response to an ageing population”, the party said in a statementpublished by Xinhua, the official news agency. “The change of policy is intended to balance population development and address the challenge of an ageing population,.”
Read more at: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/29/china-abandons-one-child-policy
China has scrapped its one-child policy, allowing all couples to have two children for the first time since draconian family planning rules were introduced more than three decades ago.
The announcement followed a four-day Communist party summit in Beijing where China’s top leaders debated financial reforms and how to maintain growth at a time of heightened concerns about the economy.
China will “fully implement a policy of allowing each couple to have two children as an active response to an ageing population”, the party said in a statementpublished by Xinhua, the official news agency. “The change of policy is intended to balance population development and address the challenge of an ageing population,.”
Read more at: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/29/china-abandons-one-child-policy