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China ends one-child policy; allows couples to have up to three children
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China will allow couples to have up to three children in the latest relaxation of its laws on family planning since the end of the “one-child policy” in 2013, according to state media.
The change was approved during a politburo meeting chaired by President Xi Jinping, official news agency Xinhua reported. The politburo also said China would implement a delay in the retirement age.
The move comes after a dramatic decline in births in the world’s most populous country and “aims to improve China’s population structure and actively respond to the country’s aging problem”, state media reported.