Officials studying effect of one-child policy changes
CHINA is assessing recent changes to the one-child policy to decide whether further adjustments are needed, a senior lawmaker said yesterday.
Officials are studying the latest modification that allows parents to have two children if either parent is an only child, Liu Binjie, head of the Education, Science, Culture and Public Health Committee of the National People’s Congress, told reporters.
China adopted the policy adjustment at the end of 2013. Liu said the decision was widely welcomed by the public.
So far, the adjustment had not led to a baby boom, Liu said.
Last year, only a million parents, or 10 percent of couples meeting the policy conditions, opted for a second child.
Experts are suggesting full implementation of a two-child policy, but Liu said it had not been put on legislature’s agenda because the latest policy adjustment had not been fully implemented and authorities needed time to assess the results of the change before making further adjustments
The authorities would also be studying demographic issues further. “In some areas population growth is slowing down, or even decreasing. We will make policy adjustments in time if the demographic structure has changed significantly,” Liu said.
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