China Scraps One-Child Policy, Will Allow 2 Kids Per Couple

[KamaAina]

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/china-scraps-one-child-policy-all-couples-n453566

China has ended its one-child policy and will allow all couples to have two children, marking a dramatic change by the country's ruling Communist Party after more than three decades.

The liberalization of family planning rules, which were first eased in 2013, came at the end of the Communist Party's Central Committee meeting on Thursday. It was announced via state-run Xinhua news agency....

The controversial one-child policy was put in place in 1979 and aimed at cutting the country's birthrate and slowing the growth of its population, which at that point was already the world's largest. According to the government, some 400 million births have been prevented as a result....

An aging population and slowing economic growth rates fed calls to change the policy, and over time it was eased.

[JeffHead]

1. Uh oh.

[Cal33]

2. With 2 children per couple, it's just enough to replace their parents. So China's

population will remain the same. This will still take some time to become
effective, of course.