China is to relax its policy of restricting most couples to having only a single child, state media say.
In future, families will be allowed two children if one parent is an only child, the Xinhua news agency said.
The proposal follows this week’s meeting of a key decision-making body of the governing Communist Party. Other reforms include the abolition of “re-education through labour” camps and moves to boost the role of the private sector in the economy.
According to the BBC, most of the changes have already been tested in parts of the country.
The one-child policy has on the whole been strictly enforced, though some exceptions already exist, including for ethnic minorities. In some cities, both parents must be only children in order to be allowed to have a second child.
China’s population-control policy was introduced in 1979 and restricts couples in urban areas to only one child. In rural areas, families are allowed to have two children if the first is a girl. Other exceptions include ethnic minorities and couples who both lack siblings themselves.
Campaigners say the policy has led to forced abortions, female infanticide, and the under-reporting of female births and is a cause of China’s gender imbalance.
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In future, families will be allowed two children if one parent is an only child, the Xinhua news agency said.
The proposal follows this week’s meeting of a key decision-making body of the governing Communist Party. Other reforms include the abolition of “re-education through labour” camps and moves to boost the role of the private sector in the economy.
According to the BBC, most of the changes have already been tested in parts of the country.
The one-child policy has on the whole been strictly enforced, though some exceptions already exist, including for ethnic minorities. In some cities, both parents must be only children in order to be allowed to have a second child.
China’s population-control policy was introduced in 1979 and restricts couples in urban areas to only one child. In rural areas, families are allowed to have two children if the first is a girl. Other exceptions include ethnic minorities and couples who both lack siblings themselves.
Campaigners say the policy has led to forced abortions, female infanticide, and the under-reporting of female births and is a cause of China’s gender imbalance.
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