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Starting early next year, Chinese couples are expected to be allowed to have a second child if either the father or mother is themselves an only child, said a senior family planning official on Saturday.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yang Wenzhuang, director of the family planning instruction department of the National Health and Family Planning Commission, made the remarks during an interview with China Central Television.<\/p>\n

Under previous family planning rules, in urban areas, couples could only have two children if both the father and mother were only children.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Third Plenary Session of the 18th Communist Party of China Central Committee, which ended on Nov 12, decided to relax the policy by allowing couples to have a second child if one of the parents is the only child in his or her family.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Yang urged education and healthcare institutions to prepare properly to meet the rising demand for services resulting from an increased birthrate after the policy is implemented.<\/p>\n

Yang asked willing couples to carefully plan the timing of their second baby, stating that “there is no need to rush as the policy will be a long-standing one on the mainland”.<\/p>\n

Previous assessment work conducted by the commission found that the new policy would see an estimated 15 million to 20 million couples eligible for a second child<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

About 50 to 60 percent of such couples are willing to have a second child, according to a recent poll by the commission.<\/p>\n

According to Yang, about 2 million more babies are expected to be born each year due to the policy relaxation<\/strong>, but he says the increase “will not cause major pressure on healthcare, education and other public resources”.<\/p>\n

In the long run, the new policy is expected to help facilitate family development, promote happiness and increase the ability of families to care for the elderly, he said.<\/p>\n

By the end of last year, China had about 194 million people aged 60 and older on the mainland, making it the country with the largest elderly population in the world<\/strong>, according to the National Bureau of Statistics of China. <\/p>\n

Source AP<\/em>
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