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."
Source: CNN.COM
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