Move follows data showing sharp decline in number of births in world’s most populous country
China has announced that couples will be permitted to have up to three children, in a major policy shift from the existing two-child limit after recent data showed a dramatic decline in births in the world’s most populous country.
“To actively respond to the ageing of the population ... a couple can have three children,” state media Xinhua reported on Monday, citing a meeting of China’s elite Politburo leadership committee hosted by President Xi Jinping.
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