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China ends one-child policy; allows couples to have up to three children
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.
